Latin America / Spanish-Speaking South America

Which country is not part of Spanish-Speaking South America?

• Colomba

• Venezuela

• Uruguay

• Suriname

Ancient native peoples in South America that built their advanced civilization in the Andes Mountains

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Caymans

Spanish commander that invaded South America and conquered the Inca Empire in the Spanish Conquest

• Benito Juarez

• Francisco Pizarro

• Porfirio Diaz

• Jose de San Martin

These 2 leaders became famous for their independence movements in South America

• Benito Juarez & Porfirio Diaz

• Vicente Fox & Christopher Columbus

• Simón Bolívar & Jose de San Martín

• Toussaint L'Ouverture & Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Once Independence, geography contributed to the failure of various countries to unify or work together for common goals in South America

• True

• False

What type of government characterized most of South America once gaining independence?

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

This South American writer earned a Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 with well-known novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude and The General in His Labyrinth

• Jose de San Martin

• Simon Bolivar

• Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

Most economics of South America come from agriculture and what?

• Fishing

• Tourism

• Mining

• Service Industry

This country became the greatest success story in South America with major participation in global trade and education

• Peru

• Venezuela

• Chile

• Uruguay

This country's economy comes mostly for its harvest in soybeans and cotton

• Argentina

• Chile

• Paraguay

• Colombia