Latin America Geography and History Study Guide

European explorers and explorers used what to establish agricultural industries?

• Advanced machinery

• Forced labor/slaves

• Imported seeds

• Modern irrigation techniques

What were the two crops grown by slave labor in the New World, and later sold in Europe?

• Cotton and Tobacco

• Sugarcane and coffee

• Sugar and Tobacco

• Rice and Indigo

25% of slaves died before the ships reached America because:

• they were not fed properly

• poor conditions on the ships

• they refused to get on the ships

• they tried to escape

The black African slave labor was forced to do what type of work on plantations and haciendas throughout Latin America?

• Agricultural work

• Industrial work

• Domestic work

• Military service

The population of people wiped out by smallpox before the western Africa slave trade began was:

• Native Americans

• Aboriginal Australians

• Indigenous peoples of the Americas

• Maori

The indigenous group of people found across Mexico and conquered by Cortes was:

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Olmecs

The movement of people, plants, animals, diseases and culture between Europe and the Americas is known as:

• The Silk Road

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

The language spoken throughout most of Latin America is:

• English

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• French

The official language of Brazil is:

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• English

• French

The predominant religion of South America is:

• Catholic/Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism