AP美国历史模拟试题.docx

1、AP美国历史模拟试题1st AP US History Practice TestTeacher: Zero Part A: Multiple-Choice QuestionsTime: 55 Minutes55 QuestionsDirections: Choose the best answer choice for the following questions.Questions 13 refer to the map below.TRANSFER AND SPREAD OF MAIZE CULTIVATION 5500 B.C.E. - 1750 C.E.1.After 1492,

2、the spread of maize cultivation depicted in the map resulted most directly from which of the following factors?A The development and interaction of agriculturally-based civilizationsB The continued predominance of foraging as a means of survivalC The continental movement of undomesticated animal lif

3、eD The expertise in maize cultivation that originated from Spanish explorers and missionaries2.The pattern depicted in the map above had which of the following effects after 1492?A developing agricultural-based economies that remained limited to particular regionsB contributing to demographic change

4、s and the global exchange of animal, plant, cultural, and microbial lifeC promoting culturally homogeneous societies that relied exclusively upon single cropsD supporting exchanges of goods that resulted in greater sensitivity and tolerance for social diversity3.The patterns of maize cultivation fro

5、m 1492 to 1750 best explain theA critical food shortage that maize cultivation alleviatedB scope of unprecedented global trade and encountersC lack of natural resources in East Africa and South AsiaD increased global reliance on fewer staple cropsQuestions 47 refer to the image below.Secotan, an Alg

6、onquin village, ca. 15854.The engraving was intended toA document agricultural techniques in Secotan societyB be an artistic rendering of Algonquin life to be exhibited in a galleryC provide Europeans an informative snapshot of Algonquin lifeD highlight the dangers of English settlement of the New W

7、orld5.The engraving most directly reflects theA the stable, yet multifaceted nature of Secotan (Algonquin) village lifeB the nomadic lifestyle of the Algonquin peopleC the disorderly characteristics of a village life in SecotanD critical role of animal sacrifice in Algonquin religious celebrations6.

8、The social patterns reflected in the engraving are most consistent with Native American life in which region?A Great Basin B Pacific Northwest C Atlantic Seaboard D Western Great Plains7.The engraving would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?A Specif

9、ic religious rituals practiced by the Algonquin in SecotanB Significant English interest in settling the New WorldC A depiction of social relationships within SecotanD A European perspective of Algonquin village lifeQuestions810 refer to the excerpt below.After the wars and the killings had ended, w

10、hen usually there survived only some boys, some women, and children, these survivors were distributed among the Christians to be slaves. And the care they took was to send the men to the mines to dig for gold, which is intolerable labor, and to send the women into the fields of the big ranches to ho

11、e and till the land, work suitable for strong men.Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies, 15428.The perspective of the author in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing idea of the Spanish colonist thatA Native peoples should be fully integrated into Spani

12、sh settlements and treated as equalsB Native peoples were inferior and uncivilized and should consequently be treated as subservient to the SpanishC Spanish colonization was inherently unjust and should not have occurred at allD Christianity was a superior religion and should be spread to as many pe

13、ople as possible9.The ideas expressed by Las Casas and Sepulveda best represent which of the following aspects of 16th-century Spanish responses to expansion and conquest in the New World?A The increasingly monolithic perspective about the humanity of Native AmericansB The tremendous opposition to p

14、ublic dissent within Spanish cultureC The growing debate over how “civilized” Native Americans were and should be treatedD The intense debate over slavery that led to abolition10.The pattern described by Las Casas illustrates which of the following developments within the Spanish colonies?A The use

15、of encomiendas to support plantation-based agricultureB The reliance on imported African slave laborC The exclusively religious motivations of Spanish colonizationD The integration of Natives into Spanish colonial lifeQuestions1113 refer to the excerpt below.“Whereas the plantations and estates of t

16、his Province cannot be well and sufficiently managed and brought into use, without the labor and service of negroes and other slaves brought unto the people of this Province for that purpose, are of barbarous, wild, savage natures, and such as renders them wholly unqualified to be governed by the la

17、ws, customs, and practices of this Province; but that it is absolutely necessary, that such other constitutions, laws and orders, should in this Province be made and enacted, for the good regulating and ordering of them, as may restrain the disorders, rapines, and inhumanity, to which they are natur

18、ally prone and inclined, and may also tend to the safety and security of the people of this Province and their estates”“The History of South Carolina under the Royal Government, 1719-1776.” 11.The ideas expressed in this passage most directly reflect the British belief inA racial and cultural superi

19、orityB social equality for Africans and Native AmericansC a voice in government for all citizens D the legal authority of the kings laws12.The strict code of laws described in the passage above was created becauseA wealthy planters wished to create a more efficient workforceB the colonial government

20、 feared the growing number of slavesC a sharp increase in violent crimes committed by slaves required drastic changesD the colony lacked a sufficient supply of indentured servants13.The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above most likely resulted in the creation ofA a labor source dependent on whi

21、te indentured servitude in South CarolinaB legal codes protecting slaves from abusive mastersC abolitionist societies dedicated to the relocation of slaves back to AfricaD codification of laws meant to control the freedom and actions of slavesQuestions1416 refer to the excerpt below.“Alsoe wee doe,

22、for us, our heires and successors, declare by theise presentes that all and everie the parsons being our subjects which shall dwell and inhabit within everie or anie of the saide severall Colonies and plantacions and everie of theire children which shall happen to be borne within the limitts and pre

23、cincts of the said severall Colonies and plantacions shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchises and immunites within anie of our other dominions to all intents and purposes as if they had been abiding and borne within this our realme of Englande or anie other of our saide dominions.”The First Ch

24、arter of Virginia 160614.The principles laid out in the Virginia Charter above would best reflectA Democratic ideals of the EnlightenmentB The movement away from indentured servitude towards chattel slaveryC Justification for colonial unity against the French and Indian threat on the frontier of the

25、 mid 18th centuryD The importance of the triangle trade between the Americas and Europe15.The ideas expressed in the passage above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in United States history?A Establishment of British mercantilist policies regarding colonial tradeB The Develop

26、ment of representative democracyC Development of a primarily agrarian economy in the British ColoniesD The implementation of the mercantilist policy of salutary neglect16.The excerpt above would be most useful to historians analyzing theA Debates over the liberties guaranteed to Native Americans in

27、the British coloniesB Developing trading networks in Atlantic WorldC Debates over the rights of English settlers in the New WorldD Debates over limiting the powers of colonial assembliesQuestions1719 refer to the excerpt below.The Six Nations have a great Authority and Influence over sundry Tribes o

28、f Indians in Alliance with the French, and particularly over the Praying Indians, formerly a part with ourselves, who stand in the very Gates of the French; and, to shew our further Care, we have engaged these very Indians, and other Indian Allies of the French for you. They will not join the French

29、 against you. They have agreed with us before we set out. We have put the Spirit of Antipathy against the French in those People. Our Interest is very considerable with them, and many other Nations, as as far as it ever extends, we shall use it for your Service.Canassatego, Papers relating to an Act

30、 of the Assembly of the Province of New York (1742)17.Which of the following groups was most likely the intended audience of the excerpt above?A British yeoman farmers living on the western frontier of English settlementB Colonial leaders concerned with the French threat on the American FrontierC En

31、glish fur traders trying to wrest the western fur trade with Native Americans from the FrenchD British members of the House of Lords intent on securing long-term alliances with Native American confederacies18.The excerpt above is best understood in the context of theA Native Americans forging advant

32、ageous political alliances with European powersB Native peoples of North America resisting encroachment of English colonistsC attempt by Native Americans to form pan-Indian alliances to push the English east of the Appalachian mountainsD loss of trade with the French should war break out with England19.The alliances expressed in the excerpt above would be tested in what way?A When conflicts in Europe were carried over to the New World by colonial