Unit 5 exam

What two countries colonized Latin America?

• USA and Canada
• China and Japan
• Spain and Portugal
• Italy and Russia

The original inhabitants of an area are known as?

• Indigenous
• Indians
• Immigrants
• Refugees

What happened to some of the indigenous people in Latin America?

• They lived peacefully with the Europeans
• They owned the plantations and Haciendas
• The migrated to the USA.
• They died of diseases like small pox

The forced enslavement and transportation of Africans to the Americas between 1400 and 1800 is known as?

• Trans Pacific Slave Trade
• Trans Caribbean Slave Trade
• Trans Mediterranean Slave Trade
• Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

What were the main crops grown and cultivated in Latin America?

• Corn and Tobacco
• Sugar Cane and Coffee
• Tomatoes and Corn
• Coffee and Corn

Where did the slaves come from on the plantations and haciendas in Latin America?

• Europe
• West Africa
• Canada
• USA

Who was the leader of the Cuban revolution and took over Batista's rule of Cuba in 1959 ?

• President Obama
• President Kennedy
• Fidel Castro
• Nikita Khrushchev

What type of Government did Fidel Castro adopt for Cuba after the revolution?

• Democracy
• Communism
• Parliamentary
• Constitutional Monarchy

Under Castro's rule who did Cuba join sides with?

• USA
• Spain
• Mexico
• Soviet Union

What the name of the conflict when Soviet Union missiles were placed in Cuba and aimed at the USA?

• Castro's Revenge
• Cuban Revolution
• The missiles embargo
• Cuban Missile Crisis