Latin American History Review

Why is the religion practiced and languages spoken throughout much of Latin America similar?

• The people are from the same indigenous group.

• The religion and languages came from the same country in Asia.

• Latin America was colonized by European countries.

• Latin America is one independent nation.

Which of the following was part of the Columbian Exchange between Europe and the Americas?

• The introduction of mass production and factory buildings to the Americas.

• The movement of goods on shipping routes across the Pacific.

• The introduction of new languages and religions.

• The movement of many indigenous Americans to Europe.

Which of the following is a result of the Triangular Trade?

• Africans brought their French and English languages to Latin America.

• Further blending of ethnic groups in Latin America.

• More opportunities for Americans to own land.

• Less shipping between continents.

Which is a reason Europeans chose slaves from Africa as a labor source in the New World?

• The Old World had diseases that affected African workers.

• European workers did not know how to do farm and mining work.

• Indigenous people were in short supply due to warfare and diseases.

• Settlers from Europe did not know how to operate large plantations.

Two nations from the Iberian Peninsula settled most of South America. What proof is evident of this in South America today?

• Many regions in South America are unsettled.

• The people in South America only speak one language.

• The people in South America speak a variety of languages.

• Most countries in South America speak Spanish or Portuguese.

Which of the following would make the BEST title for the list?

Limiting Free Speech

Education for all Citizens

Nationalizing private commerce and industry

Seizing American businesses and agricultural

land within Cuba

• Communist Goals of the Cold War

• Economic Strategies of Batista

• Early Laws Under Fidel Castro

• Legacy of Fulgencio Batista

What almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Kennedy did not like the leader of the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union wanted to prove their alliance to Cuba.

• Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.

• The United States wanted the sugar cane crop that the Soviet Union was buying from Cuba.

Read the newspaper headlines.

Some headlines from the Havana Times Newspaper:

“Cold War Tensions Increase!”

“Soviet and Cuban Relations Better than Ever!”

“Work Begins on the Missile-Launching Complex!

• Cuban Revolution

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

All of the following are the result of which Latin American leader’s rise to power?

•The United States has a trade embargo against Cuba.

• Individual freedoms became restricted.

• Cuba’s economy moved from market to command.

• The Cuban government relied on the Soviet Union for economic and military support.

• General Batista

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

Which question could be answered using the table?

• What percent of Mexicans are Roman Catholic in 2019?

• What is the most common religion in ALL countries in Latin America?

• Which Latin American country has the greatest number of Roman Catholics?

• Which of the four countries had the highest percent of Roman Catholics in 1910?