Latin America History Review Quizizz

Which crop was brought to the New World, led to the rise of the slave trade & remains one of the biggest natural resources today?

• citrus

• wheat

• corn

• sugar cane

What type of work were MOST African slaves forced to perform in Latin America?

• manufacturing

• teaching

• agriculture

• shipbuilding

What voyage was the most dangerous yet economically beneficial during Triangular Trade?

• South America to North Aermica

• Latin America to Europe

• Africa to Latin America

• Europe to Africa

When Spain and Portugal sent colonists to the New World, they brought their own languages and cultures with them. What happened to these languages and cultures in the New World?

• They disappeared as colonists adopted native languages and beliefs.

• They coexisted peacefully alongside the native languages and beliefs.

• They completely replaced native languages and beliefs.

• They blended with native languages and beliefs.

The two countries that make up the Iberian Peninsula speak languages that belong to which language family?

• Germanic

• Nordic

• Slavic

• Romance

Which country had the GREATEST impact on Latin America?

• Portugal

• France

• Britain

• Spain

Why did early Spanish and Portuguese settlers force African people to work as slaves in the Caribbean Islands?

• labor for rice and tobacco plantations.

• labor for sugar and molasses plantations

• labor to help mine coal

• labor to help them mine gold

Which of the following was NOT a result of the slave economy in the Caribbean Islands?

• European nations and their colonies became wealthy.

• Indigenous inhabitants were kicked off their island.

• Indigenous civilizations were suppressed or destroyed.

• European nations raced to claim the valuable land.

Which of the following accurately describes the conditions aboard a Transatlantic slave ship?

• spacious and clean

• dark and crowded

• friendly and accommodating

• crowded and clean

Who was the leader of Cuba prior to Fidel Castro?

• Raul Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• Nikita Khrushchev

• John F. Kennedy