Latin American History Review SS6H1

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World (Americas)?

• slaves from Africa

• settlers that came from Europe

• peasants from Spain and Portugal

• indigenous people of Australia

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 two European countries contributed most to the languages of Latin America?

• England and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

• France and Portugal

• England and Portugal

What is the most common religion of Latin America?

• Aymara

• Creole

•  Baptist

• Roman Catholic

Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959?

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro

• Raul Castro

• John F. Kennedy

What type of government did Castro create in Cuba?

• communist

• confederacy

• democracy

• monarchy

What almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Kennedy did not like the leader of the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union wanted to show the Cubans that they were strong friends.

• Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.

• The United States wanted the sugar cane crop that the Soviet Union was buying from Cuba.

Costa Rica

La Paz, Bolivia

Buenos Aries, Argentina

85% of Mexicans are Catholic

99% of Brazilians speak Portuguese

This entire list would be MOST helpful to a student writing a report on which topic?

• "Capitals of South America"

• "Native Faiths in Central and South America"

• "European Influence in Central and South America"

• "Speaking Multiple Languages in Modern Latin America"

In order to escape the cycle of poverty, many Latin Americans have

• migrated to the United States.
• enrolled in college education courses.
• moved to big cities to find better paying jobs.
• joined gold mining operations in the Amazon Rainforest.

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Latin America faces which issues?

• poverty
• migration to the United States
• the war on drugs
• All of the above.

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