Latin America History

The African slave trade grew because European nations wanted the captured Africans to work on the plantations in their colonies. What MAIN advantage would slave labor give to Europeans?

• inexpensive labor and economic profit

• economic loss and cultural diversity

• the ability to sell manufactured goods at a lower cost

• an increase in the number of soldiers in European armies

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a replacement 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 is one effect of slavery that still influences Latin America today?

• Slavery still exists in most Latin American countries.

• Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa.

• Latin America doesn’t have any people with ancestors from Africa.

• Latin America doesn’t have any people with ancestors from Europe.

Which is the BEST explanation for why Latin America is such a diverse culture region today?

• The Triangular Trade led to the importation of slaves to the West Indies from Africa

• The Triangular Trade led to the migration of ancient people from Asia to South America

• The Triangular Trade led to the intermarriage of Europeans, Africans and indigenous peoples

• The Triangular Trade led to the intermarriage of Asians, Europeans and indigeonous peoples

Spain colonized many countries in Latin America. How is Spain’s influence still seen in these countries today?

• Most of the people in these countries are Roman Catholic.

• Most of these countries have a strong democratic tradition.

• The king of Spain is still the head of state and most of these countries.

• Native American customs and languages have completely disappeared.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• only sending food and people from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)

• only sending animals and plants from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)

• the movement of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North America

• the movement of animals, plants, ideas, and diseases from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas) and from the New World to the Old World

Use the quote below to answer question 7.

“There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land.” Christopher Columbus

7. Based on this quote by Christopher Columbus, what conclusion can be drawn?

• Christopher Columbus was sad that the had to go back to the Old World without tasting all of the fruit in the New World.

• The fruit in the New World was very different and better than the fruit in the Old World

• This represented the beginning of the Columbian Exchange because Christopher Columbus took samples of fruit home to the Old World

• This represented the beginning of the Columbian Exchange because Christopher Columbus took samples of fruit from the Old World to the New World.

Which effect best completes the diagram?

• Indigenous plantations grew in the Americas and Caribbean

• Disease from America spread into Europe

• Slave labor based on race was established

• Cash crop profits were divided equally between Europeans and Native Americans

Use the quote to answer question 9.

“Why do some people have to go barefoot so that others can drive luxury cars? Why are some people able to live only 35 years in order that others can live 70 years? Why do some people have to be miserably poor in order that others can be extravagantly rich? I speak for all the children in the world who don’t even have a piece of bread”

-Fidel Castro

Which is the BEST example of the impact of Fidel Castro’s leadership during the Cuban Revolution?

• Castro’s declaration of war on the United States

• Castro’s commitment to make Cuba a democracy

• Castro’s creation of a communist government in Cuba

• Castro’s commitment to follow Fulgencio Batista’s footsteps

Which of the following, as demonstrated by the political cartoon, has been a lasting impact of the Cuban Revolution?

• Cuban parliamentary democracy

• Economic embargo with the United States

• Communist political ties with USSR

• Increase in rights and freedoms for the Cuban people