6th grade Latin American review

Isthmus:

• Chain of Islands

• Country surrounded by land.

• Land surrounded by water on 21/2 sides

• Narrow strip of land that connects two land masses.

Most practiced form of religion in Latin America?

• Protestantism
• Roman Catholicism
• Southern Baptistism
• Lutheranism

The Maya, Aztec, and the Inca are known as _____________.

• Ethnic groups of Latin America.
• Religious groups of Latin America.
• Ancient Civilizations of Latin America.
• Groups that colonized Latin America.

After Columbus arrived, goods and products began to move between the two worlds, Old and New. Some goods, like food and horses, radically changed the lives of people in both worlds. Other things, like disease, had a devastating impact on the people of Latin America.

• Election of the Pope
•   Colonization of Latin America
•   Colombian Exchange
•   Missionaries converting indigenous people

One negative result of the Colombian Exchange?

• The horse was introduced to Latin America.

• Europeans were introduced to corn, potatoes, and chocolate.

• Disease wiped out at least fifty percent of the natives.

• A. Competition for resources led to wars between the missionaries and indigenous people.

Conquistadors:

•   settlers from Portugal
•   conquerors from Spain
•   missionaries from Portugal
•   kings and queens from Spain

Where is the Amazon River located?

• South America
• Africa
• Asia
• North America

Where are the Andes mountains located?

• Cuba
• Baja California
• Chile

Which two oceans did the Panama Canal connect?

• The Indian and Atlantic
• Southern and Atlantic
• Atlantic and Pacific

What is the primary religion in Latin America?

• Catholic
• Christian
• Mayan
• Jewish