Latin America History Review

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

Who was the leader of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution? What type of government?

• Batista/Autocracy
• Castro/Democracy
• Castro/Autocracy
• Cragin/Autocracy

What did the United States do to Cuba after it became communist?

• put a quota on goods from Cuba
• imposed an embargo on Cuba
• installed missiles in Florida facing Cuba
• assassinated Fidel Castro

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 type of economic system did Cuba establish after the Cuban Revolution?

• socialism
• mixed
• market
• communism

Which item was NOT introduced to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange?

• horses
• sugarcane
• wheat
• potatoes

Which item was NOT introduced to Europe during the Columbian exchange?

• horses

• peppers

• potatoes

• tomatoes

What changed in the US/Cuba relationship after President Obama's historic visit to Havana?

• US is helping Cuba change government

• US has removed all trade barriers

• An ease on trade and travel restrictions

• Cuba ended all censoring of newspapers, radio, tv

What type of government did the Cuban Revolution overthrow?

• a communist autocracy

• a military dictatorship

• a representative democracy

• a command system