Latin America Retake

Latin America is diverse and a blended society because

• Its people are a mix of Americans, Europeans and Africans

• Its people are a mix of Asians, Canadians and Africans

• Its people are a mix of Europeans, Native Indians and Africans

What religion did missionaries from Europe bring to the Native Indians?

• Islam

• Catholicism

• Buddhism

The spread of cultural beliefs from one group to another is called

• cultural differences

• cultural diffusion

• cultural appropriation

The longest river that runs along most of Brazil and other countries is called

• The Mississippi River

• The Nile River

• The Amazon River

The country of Panama is important in geography because

• its an isthmus that connects the continents of North America and South America

• it is a peninsula that connects the continents of North America and Europe

• it is an Europe and Africa

During colonialism, diseases, ideas, foods, crops and populations were exchanged. The is known as the

• The Colonialism Period

• The Columbian Exchange

• Diffusion

What is the correct order of how Latin America developed?

I. Colonization

II. Conquest

III. Immigration

• III, I, II

• II, I, II

• I, II, III

This indigenous tribe was a Mesoamerican culture, developed a system of communication using bridges, had statues and temples, were warlike and took prisoners as slaves.

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

Cultures in the Caribbean vary widely, which is most likely due to...

• Roman Catholicism being introduces

• the islands being so close together

• The Colombian Exchange and Colonization

Which of the following influenced cultural change and encouraged global trade?

• Burning of the rainforest

• Building of the Panama Canal

• Building roads through the Andes Mountains