Latin America Quiz 4 Review

As a result of the Columbian Exchange the population of Latin America decreased. How did the European colonizers address the problem of a reduced workforce?

• they brought slaves from Africa to work.

• they brought people from China to work

• they brought poor Europeans to work

• they brought native Americans from America to work

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World (Americas)?

• slaves from Africa

• settlers that came from Europe

• peasants from Spain and Portugal

• indigenous people of Australia

What long-term effect did the colonization of Latin America by Spain and Portugal have on the region?

• most people visit Spain or Portugal

• most people speak Spanish or Portuguese

• most countries use Spanish or Portuguese money

• most countries have a Spanish or Portuguese monarch

The primary languages of Latin America are Spanish and Portuguese because Spain and Portugal colonized most of Latin America. How did those countries influence the major religion in Latin America?

• the primary religion in Latin America is Judaism.

• the primary religion in Latin America is Islam.

• the primary religion in Latin America is Protestant.

• the primary religion in Latin America is Christianity.

Which type of government exists in Cuba?

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

Who led the Cuban Revolution and established communism in Cuba?

• Fulgencia Batista

• Che Guevera

• Fidel Castro

• Anwar Sadat

The movement of people from one country to another country to live or work.

• Infiltration

• Immigration

• Transmigration

• Transplantation

The War on Drugs has been _____.

• ineffective and resulted in an increase in violence and poverty in Latin America

• ineffective because drugs are still being moved from Latin America to the United States.

• ineffective because many politicians and government officials in Latin America are under the control of the drug cartels.

• all of the above

The main reason(s) for the migration of people from Latin America to the United States is _____.

• lack of job opportunities

• violence and corruption

• extreme poverty

• all of the above

Poverty has impacted Latin America by forcing people to either stay or migrate to America if possible.

• True

• False