Latin America Study Guide

What are two primary languages in Latin America?

• portuguese and espnsol

• spanish and mexican

• Spanish and portuguese

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

• Farm Labor

• Portugal

• Farm working

Maintaining early colonial industries in the Americas, as well as roads, buildings, and other infrastructure, would not have been possible without which factor?

• The labor provided by americans who had been enslaved

• The labor provided by Africans who had been enslaved

Why did early Spanish and Portuguese settlers force African people to work as slaves in Latin America?

• They needed labor for coffee plantations and for them to work

• They needed labor for sugarcane and coffee plantations.

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How did European imperialism contribute to the distribution of religions shown in the chart?

• Spanish missionaries forcefully spread their religion throughout Spanish territories.

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As a result of European imperialism, which of the following are the primary languages spoken in Latin America today?

• Chinese and Hindi

• Spanish and Portuguese

• Russian and English

Which European country had the GREATEST impact on the religion and language of modern-day Brazil?

• Croatia

• Bosnia

• Portugal

Why are Central America, South America, and the Caribbean known collectively as Latin America?

• I don't know

• The majority of the population speak one of the Romantic languages

The Cuban Revolution in the 1950s led to the end of the trade relationship between which country and Cuba?

• Mexico

• The United States

• Brazil

What led to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade in the fifteenth century?

• Europeans sought to replace the indigenous people forced to work as slaves after many were killed by diseases.

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• Europeans wanted more work