Latin American Independence Movements Quiz

What is the desire to create your own nation and the feeling of pride in that country called?

• Unification

• Mercantilism

• Nationalism

• Encomienda System

What term describes the movement of coming together to create a single nation, as seen in the unification of Italy and Germany?

• Nationalism

• Mercantilism

• Encomienda System

• Unification

What is the term for when a Mother Country creates colonies to get rich, as seen in Spain in Latin America?

• Nationalism

• Mercantilism

• Unification

• Encomienda System

What was the racist class system and slave labor system used by the Spanish in Latin America, which was a major cause of the independence movements in Latin America?

• Nationalism

• Mercantilism

• Unification

• Encomienda System

Which group was at the top of the Encomienda System in the Spanish Colonies?

• Creoles

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

• Mulattoes

Who were treated as second class citizens in the Spanish colonies, often wealthy but unable to take leadership positions?

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

• Creoles

• Mulattoes

Who is referred to as the "George Washington" of South America and freed several countries including Venezuela and Peru?

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Simon Bolivar

• Miguel Hidalgo

Which Nationalist/Independence Leader led his army over the Andes Mountains to free Chile from Spain?

• Jose de San Martin

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Simon Bolivar

• Miguel Hidalgo

Who led a slave revolt in Haiti against the French?

• Simon Bolivar

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Miguel Hidalgo

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

Which Nationalist/Independence Leader, who was a Catholic priest, led a revolt in Mexico against the Spanish?

• Simon Bolivar

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Miguel Hidalgo

• Giuseppe Garibaldi