SS6H1 African and European Influence on Latin America

Who were the two European empires that colonized the most land in Latin America?

• British & Portuguese

• British & Spanish

• Portuguese & Spanish

• Dutch & British

What did majority of the indigenous people die from?

• Hammers

• Humans

• Medicine

• Diseases

Where was the Spanish and Portuguese looking for new slaves?

• South Africa

• North Africa

• West Africa

• West Asia

the original inhabitants of an area

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• The New World

• perish

• hacienda

• indigenous

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.

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

Brazil was settled by people from ________.

• Portugal
• Spain
• Mexico
• Bolivia

Which group of people were part Spanish and part native?

• Mestizos
• Peninsulares
• Mulattos
• Creoles