ESL Latin America History

The Columbian Exchange was when goods were exchanged between the New World and Old World during the time of European Exploration.  What was the cause of millions of native people’s deaths during the Columbian Exchange?

• allergies to new foods

• diseases brought by Europeans

• killed by other tribes

Brazil was colonized by what European nation?

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

• Great Britain

What South American country had the most enslaved people and allowed slavery the longest?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

What religion does most of Latin America follow because of Spain and Portugal’s colonization?

• Methodist

• Muslim

• Judaism

• Catholicism

What language does most of Latin America speak because of Spain’s colonization?

• English

• Spanish

• French

• Russian

What happened in the late 1950s in Cuba?

• American Revolution

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• Spanish-American War

• The Cuban Revolution where Fidel Castro became leader of Cuba

What kind of government did Castro create in Cuba?

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• communism

• monarchy

How long did the Cuban Missiles Crisis last? 

• 4 months

• 13 days

• 1 year

• 13 weeks

Cuba does have the internet, but people have to pay hourly for it and go where in order to have access to it?

• public parks

• schools

• churches

• stores

What US president visited Raul Castro and Cuba in 2016?

• Barack Obama

• George Washington

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev