Latin American History Review

What happened as a result of the growing demand for Brazilian coffee?

• A. Deadly indigenous diseases killed the Portuguese colonists and forced the closure of many plantations.

• B. The Brazilian people gained great wealth that funded a successful movement for independence from Portugal.

• C. Brazil's economy industrialized as new machinery was developed to meet increased demand for coffee.

• D. The population of enslaved African people in Brazil grew as coffee plantations relied on forced labor.

Choose the result of economic developments during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

• New European agricultural techniques led to rapid indigenous population growth.

• Brazil grew economically and gained its independence by revolting against Spain.

• The transatlantic slave trade grew as Europeans demanded labor for the plantations.

• Portugal's power grew and the Spanish lost their colonies in the Americas.

What is a hacienda?

• small villages built by indigenous peoples living in Latin America

• large churches built by the Spanish in order to spread Christianity

• large plantations owned by Spanish and usually worked by slaves

• small farms owned by Spanish families who came to Latin America

What type of work were MOST African slaves forced to perform in Latin America?

• factory labor

• farm labor

• teaching

• shipbuilding

The presence of Spanish and Portuguese colonists in the New World led to the spread of which religious developments?

• Protestantism

• Judaism

• Animism

• Catholicism

The official language of Brazil is:

• Latin.

• French.

• Spanish.

• Portuguese.

Which of these statements about the Spanish influence in Latin America is false?

• They introduced new religious practices.

• They introduced a new language.

• They promoted economic equality.

• They created a blended culture.

The Treaty of Tordesillas moved the line of division between Spanish and Portuguese territory. How did this affect Brazil?

• The official language of Brazil is Spanish.

• The official religion of Brazil is Islam.

• The official language of Brazil is Portuguese.

• The official religion of Brazil is Anglicanism.

The presence of Spanish conquistadors in the New World led to which of the following religious developments?

• the spread of Judaism

• the spread of Animism

• the spread of Catholicism

• the spread of Protestantism

After the Cuban Revolution, why did Fidel Castro's government support revolutions in Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Nicaragua, and Yemen?

• These countries had opposed the Cuban Revolution.

• It would help Cuba in its rivalry against the Soviet Union.

• Castro wanted to help communist rebels in other countries.

• Each of the revolutionary groups paid Cuba to help them fight.