Latin American History

What was one of the reasons for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

• The Spanish wanted gold to help improve their GDP.

• They wanted to colonize land to defeat Napoleon.

• They needed cheap and steadily available labor force to work on sugarcane plantations and haciendas.

• Europeans wanted to convert indigenous populations into Christians.

What decimated the indigenous populations in South America during the European expansion to the New World?

• Too many indigenous populations were being sold into slavery.

• The indigenous people did not have immunities to European diseases such as small pox.

• The indigenous people were forced to fight in the French and Indian War.

• The indigenous people had more deaths than births.

What still prevails today in South American countries such as Cuba and Brazil due to the slave trade?

• Slavery still exists in many parts of South and Central America today.

• Many of the haciendas that the Spanish and Portuguese used are still in use today.

• Intermarriages among the Spanish and Portuguese, indigenous people, and black Africans resulted in various cultural identities and ethnicities in Latin America today.

• Many of the descendants from the black Africans still work in gold and diamond mines in Brazil.

What is the official language of Brazil?

• English

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• Russian

What is the official language of Mexico?

• English

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• Russian

What religion did European explorers bring with them during the colonization of the New World?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Mormonism

What was Fulgencio Batista's relationship to Cuba?

• He was the Prime Minister before Fidel Castro took control.

• He was the Vice President before Fidel Castro took control.

• He was the dictator before Fidel Castro took control.

• He was the monarch before Fidel Castro took control.

Which is an example of Fidel Castro turning Cuba into a communist state?

• All people were made to worship on God.

• Businesses, factories, and farmlands were taken over by the government.

• Citizens gained personal freedom and new liberties.

• Citizens received property back that the U.S. previously owned.

What was one of the responses the United States had to Fidel Castro's takeover?

• Placed tariffs on all sugar from Cuba.

• Placed quotas on all tobacco imported from Cuba.

• Placed an embargo on all goods from Cuba.

• Sold all their Cuba stock to hurt Cuban GDP.

What communist country became allies with Cuba during Fidel Castro's takeover?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union