Discovery Ed: Geography of the World: Latin America: The People

1. Which of the following settlements was built at a very high elevation because it was close to the silver mines of Cerro Rico in Bolivia?

• (a) Machu Picchu

• (b) Potosí

• (c) Tiahuanaco

• (d) Guanajuato

2. Columbus arrived in the Americas in which year?

• (a) 1443

• (b) 1492

• (c) 1500

• (d) 1776

3. Which of the following peoples established a large empire that was ruled from the city of Cuzco in Peru?

• (a) the Aztecs

• (b) the Maya

• (c) the Olmecs

• (d) the Incas

4. In which of the following countries is Portuguese the national language?

• (a) Belize

• (b) Brazil

• (c) Bolivia

• (d) Bahamas

5. The spread of domesticated plants and animals on a worldwide basis after 1492 is called:

• (a) The agricultural transformation

• (b) The conquest of Mexico

• (c) The Colombian Exchange

• (d) The agricultural revolution

6. Which of the following crop plants created the most colonial period demand for labor, which primarily came from Africa?

• (a) corn ( or maize)

• (b) sugar cane

• (c) bananas

• (d) wheat

7. Which of the following appears to have been the most important factor in the great decrease in Native American populations after contact with Europeans?

• (a) wars of conquest

• (b) lack of enough food

• (c) lack of immunity to Eurasian and African diseases

• (d) mass migrations across the Pacific to Polynesia

8. Which of the following is a Central American country where many villagers still speak a Mayan language?

• (a) Mexico

• (b) Guatemala

• (c) Panama

• (d) Costa Rica

9. In which of the following Latin American countries is the highest percentage of the population of exclusively European descent?

• (a) Argentina

• (b) Brazil

• (c) Mexico

• (d) Peru

10. A visit to the great ruined city of Teotihuacan would take you to:

• (a) Mexico

• (b) Peru

• (c) Chile

• (d) Venezuela