Latin America Unit Test

What is the largest river in Latin America?

• Rio de la Plata
• Rio Grande
• Amazon
• Nile

The first major civilization in the Americas was...

• Toltecs
• Teotihuacan
• Maya
• Olmecs

The first humans crossed the ________ between Russia and Alaska to migrate into the Americas.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Alaskan Mountains

• Landbridge

• All of the answers

This was used to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere...

• Monroe Doctine
• Roosevelt Corollary
• NAFTA
• Spheres of Influence

What was the name of the trade policy that required the colonies to provide the home nations with raw materials?

• Capitalism
• Mercantilism
• Communism
• Colonialism

Magellan was the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe. This means Magellan was the first to...

• reach the Western Hemisphere
• reach India
• sail around the world
• reach the southern tip of South America

People of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry are called...

• Criollos
• Mulattoes
• Peninsulares
• Mestizos

Hernan Cortes conquered the 

• Aztecs
• Maya
• Inca
• Olmecs

Spanish adventurers who led the conquest of Indian civilizations were called...

• conquistadors
• Peons
• Criollos
• conquetos

The line drawn by Pope Alexander VI dividing the Spanish and Portuguese territories was called...

• Prime Meridian
• Spanglish Line
• Line of Demarcation
• Line of the Colonies