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Impact of European Expansion in the New World

Authored by Samantha Carmona

Social Studies

6th Grade

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Impact of European Expansion in the New World
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What had the largest impact on indigenous populations in South America during the European expansion to the New World?

Most Indigenous groups got wiped out during the wars with the Spanish and Portuguese empires.

The population decreased by 80% due to diseases.

The horse made it much easier for the indigenous to follow their food.

European provided domesticated animals (horse, cows and pigs) which greatly increased their quality of life which caused a population boom.

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1 min • 1 pt

The importation of people from Africa by the Spanish and Portuguese became known as the .

Columbian Exchange

Portuguese Revolution

Spanish Revolution

Transatlantic Slave Trade

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What impact did the African Slave trade have on countries such as Cuba and Brazil?

Slavery still exists in many parts of South and Central America today.

Many of the haciendas that the Spanish and Portuguese used are still in use today.

Intermarriages among the Spanish, Portuguese, Indigenous and Africans resulted in new cultural identities in Latin America that are present today.

Many of the descendants from the black Africans still work in gold and diamond mines in Brazil.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What cash crop was a driving force behind the importation of African slave? It is now valued as important to an economy and oil is in modern times.

potatoes

Sugarcane

Cattle

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement provides the best evidence that Spain was the dominant colonial power in Latin America?

Spain and Mexico continue to use the same currency.

Spain continues to provide military support for Latin America.

Spanish is the main language spoken in most of Latin America.

Argentina elects' representatives to the legislature of Spain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the official language of Brazil?

English

Portuguese

Spanish

Russian

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What religion was spread throughout Latin America?

Hinduism

Catholicism

Judaism

Islam

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