History of Latin America

Which of the following is NOT a long term effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• New crops introduced
• Majority of Latin Americans are Catholic
• Majority of people in Europe speak Spanish
• New animals introduced

What happened that created a demand for Africans in the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?

• Native Americans migrated to Europe
• diseases killed Native Americans
• diseases killed Africans
• indigenous workers went on strike

Why do the majority of people in Latin America speak Spanish and practice Catholicism?

• language and beliefs come from one indigenous group
• colonized by same European country
• established by leaders of independence
• colonized by the same African country

What country were the Aztecs from?

• Peru
• Bolivia
• Panama
• Mexico

What country were the Inca from? 

• Cuba
• Haiti
• Venezuela
• Peru

Word that means Spanish Conqueror.

• Colonizer
• Conquistador
• Triangular trade
• Colombian exchange

This animal changed the way people in America lived more than any other animal. 

• The pig
• The chicken
• The guinea pig
• The horse

What is the exchange of goods, plants, ideas and animals from, the New World to the Old World known as?

• The Middle passage
• Triangular trade
• The Colombian exchange
• The Independence fight

Why did the population of Native Americans decrease after Europeans came to the New World?  

• They survived the diseases
• They moved to Europe
• The population grew
• They died from diseases

Which of the following is the most important long-range effect of European explorers in the Americas?

• immigration by natives

• discovery of great riches

• spread of Islam

• spread of culture to the New World