Latin America Culture and History

Who took over power and spread Communism to Cuba in 1959?

• Batista 
• Bolivar
• Marti
• Castro

Who was Cuba's greatest ally who provided supplies from the 1960s to the 1990s?

• United States
• Venezuela
• Soviet Union
• Mexico

The U.S. deciding not to trade with Cuba is an ___________.

• ally
• literacy rate
• ration
• embargo

Two ways that Central America was influenced by Spanish colonization are...

• language and religion
• hairstyles and food
• sports and landforms
• TV shows and pets

Which animal helped Latin Americans hunt and trade over a larger area that was brought from the Old World during the Columbian Exchange?

• pig
• goat
• horse
• sheep

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World?

• slaves from Africa
• settlers that came from Europe
• peasants from Spain
• indigenous people from South America

What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?

• slavery still exists
• many Latin American countries have ancestors from Africa
• Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa
• the people of Latin America accept slavery as a part of their lives

What is the most common religion of Latin America?

• Santeria
• Protestant
• Roman Catholic
• Methodist

The most common language in Latin America is

• English
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French

What are the 2 primary languages of Latin America?

• Brazilian and English
• English and Dutch
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Russian and German