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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 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 moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North America

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

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

• The New World had no diseases.

• 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.

What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?

• Slavery still exists in most Latin American countries.

• Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa.

• Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa.

• The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.

Which two European countries contributed most to the languages of Latin America?

• England and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

• France and Portugal

• England and Portugal

What is the most common religion of Latin America?

• Aymara

• Creole

•  Baptist

• Roman Catholic

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

Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959?

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro

• Raul Castro

• John F. Kennedy

What type of government did Castro create in Cuba?

• communist

• confederacy

• democracy

• monarchy

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 show the Cubans that they were strong friends.

• 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.