Latin American History

Many people in Latin America claim an African heritage because...

• of the Catholic mission system

• of the Line of Demarcation

• of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• of the slave trade

Which statement best describes a specific impact of European contact on Latin America?

• Few people in Latin America have a Latin heritage

• European languages and religions are rarely found in Latin America

• Many people in Latin America have an African heritage

• Europeans did not interfere with Native religious beliefs

Slaves in Latin America became free...

• when the countries became independent of Europe

• When the U.S. signed the Declaration of Independence

• When all Latin American countries had slave revolts

• When the King of Spain outlawed slavery

The European colonial period in the Americas lasted approximately _____years.

• 200

• 400

• 700

• 1000

The Columbian Exchange caused a decline of the indigenous population of Latin America

• by native people transported from the Americas to Europe

• because the indigenous people stopped having children

• by civil wars between the indigenous people

• by new diseases which killed many indigenous people

African slave labor impacted the countries in Latin America...

• by making money for European countries

• when slave trade grew as large farms grew inn tropical Latin America

• by African slaves being paid to work long hours

• by destroying the European slave traders

Which two languages dominate Latin America today?

• English and Portuguese

• English and French

• Spanish and French

• Spanish and Portuguese

Describes which Latin American country: Portuguese language, sugar cane plantations, large land area

• Brazil

• Panama

• Cuba

• Bulgaria

How did Cuba become independent from Spain?

• The Cuban Revolution

• The War of 1812

• The Cuban Civil War

• The Spanish American War

Who was Fidel Castro?

• The leader of Cuba BEFORE the Cuban Revolution

• The leader of the Cuban Revolution

• The King of Spain

• A U.S. senator that wanted Cuba to become a part of the U.S.