History of Central America

Which of the following is NOT a long term effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• New crops introduced
• Majority of Latin Americans are Catholic
• Majority of people in Europe speak Spanish
• New animals introduced

What happened that created a demand for Africans in the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?

• Native Americans migrated to Europe
• diseases killed Native Americans
• diseases killed Africans
• indigenous workers went on strike

Why do the majority of people in Latin America speak Spanish and practice Catholicism?

• language and beliefs come from one indigenous group
• colonized by same European country
• established by leaders of independence
• colonized by the same African country

Word that means Spanish Conqueror.

• Colonizer
• Conquistador
• Triangular trade
• Colombian exchange

What is the exchange of goods, plants, ideas and animals from, the New World to the Old World known as?

• The Middle passage
• Triangular trade
• The Colombian exchange
• The Independence fight

Why did the population of Native Americans decrease after Europeans came to the New World?  

• They survived the diseases
• They moved to Europe
• The population grew
• They died from diseases

Which of the following is the most important long-range effect of European explorers in the Americas?

• immigration by natives

• discovery of great riches

• spread of Islam

• spread of culture to the New World

Which of the following is one way cultures of central America were influenced by Spanish colonization?

• Farming became the primary economic activity

• Christianity and Spanish language were introduced to the region

• Mayan cultural practices were adopted by the conquistadores

• Women gained greater equality when Spanish laws were applied

Which of the following is a result of the Triangular Trade?

• Africans brought their French and English languages to Latin America.

• Further blending of ethnic groups in Latin America.

• More opportunities for Americans to own land.

• Less shipping between continents.

Cuba has a _______________ style of government, which means ______________ holds all of the power.

• Constitutional monarchy; the king

• Theocracy; a religious leader

• Representative democracy; the president

• Communist; one party