6th Grade SS Latin America Unit Test

Which of the following is an environmental concern for the residents of Brazil?

• industrial air pollution

• increasing water scarcity

• transboundary pollution from Bolivia

• the destruction of the Amazon rainforest

How was the transatlantic slave trade impacted by the spread of disease in the Americas?

• A. European diseases killed many of the people forced into slavery before they reached the Americas, leading to a decrease in the transatlantic slave trade.

• B. Indigenous diseases killed many Europeans and caused them to abandon plantations in the tropics, leading to a decrease in the transatlantic slave trade.

• C. Indigenous diseases killed many of the people that Europeans brought to the Americas as slaves, leading to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade.

• D. European diseases killed much of the indigenous population that Europeans forced into slavery, leading to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade.

What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on the indigenous population of Latin America?

• It increased significantly due to the agricultural techniques introduced by European explorers.

• It increased significantly due to the advanced medicines brought to the Americas from Europe.

• It declined significantly due to the virulent diseases introduced by European explorers.

• It declined significantly due to the rapid migration of people from the Americas to Europe.

What long-term impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba's economy?

• Many citizens from the United States began investing in Cuba.

• Cuba became the leading exporter of sugar to the United States.

• Cuba became the fastest-growing economy in the region for several decades.

• All trade between the United States and Cuba stopped for over half a century.

What religion did the Spanish and Portuguese bring with them to Latin America?

• the spread of Protestantism

• the spread of Judaism

• the spread of Animism

• the spread of Catholicism

The result of the Cuban Revolution ended all trade between Cuba and this country...

• Spain

• England

• the Soviet Union

• the United States

What does the Brazilian government require of the citizens of the country?

• Brazilian citizens are required by law to vote.

• Brazilian citizens are not given the right to vote.

• Brazilian citizens cannot vote for the leader of the government.

• Brazilian citizens must join the country's only legal political party.

Which country is Cuba?

• A. I

• B. II

• C. III

• D. IV

Which country is Mexico?

• I

• II

• III

• IV

Match the Roman Numeral with the Physical Feature

• Gulf of Mexico

• III

• Atlantic Ocean

• II

• Pacific Ocean

• I

• Caribbean Sea

• IV