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WorksheetsLatin America History Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which two countries had the biggest impact on Latin America's history?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Spain and England
d)
Portugal and France
2.
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
a)
Nahuatl
b)
Mexico City
c)
Montezuma
d)
Tenochtitlan
3.
What modern day city is located where the ancient aztecs used to live?
a)
Mexico City
b)
Cuzco
c)
Caracas
d)
Havana
4.
Cortes is most famous for what deed?
a)
conquering the Aztecs
b)
conquering the Incas
c)
starting the construction of Mexico City
d)
become friends with the native people
5.
Who was the ruler of the Aztec when Cortes arrived?
a)
Pizarro
b)
Montezuma
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Cortes
6.
Where was the capital of the Inca empire?
a)
Cusco
b)
Bolivia
c)
Tenochtitlan
d)
Machu Picchu
7.
Which animal helped Latin Americans hunt and trade over a larger area that was brought from the Old World during the Columbian Exchange?
a)
pig
b)
goat
c)
horse
d)
sheep
8.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The exchange of people, plants, animals, and disease from Old World to New World and New World to Old World
b)
The exchange of goods from only Europe to Latin America
9.
Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World?
a)
slaves from Africa
b)
settlers that came from Europe
c)
peasants from Spain
d)
indigenous people from South America
10.
What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?
a)
slavery still exists
b)
many Latin American countries have ancestors from Africa
c)
Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa
d)
the people of Latin America accept slavery as a part of their lives
11.
Toussaint was famous for his role in gaining independence for
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Mexico
d)
Venezuela
12.
Simon Bolivar was known as the liberator for which people?
a)
Mexicans
b)
Spanish Soldiers
c)
South Americans
d)
Indigenous people
13.
What job did Miguel Hidalgo have in Mexico?
a)
priest
b)
soldier
c)
general
d)
peasant
14.
Who took over as dictator after Batista in Cuba in 1959?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Raul Castro
c)
JFK
d)
Batista
15.
What type of government did Castro create in Cuba?
a)
oligarchy
b)
communist
c)
democracy
d)
confederacy
16.
Which country helped Castro build Cuba into a communist country?
a)
U.S
b)
France
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Venezuela
17.
The Zapatistas did not like NAFTA because they believed it would
a)
mean U.S factories would bring low paying jobs to mexico and cause farmers to go out of business because of cheap goods.
b)
force Mexicans to move to Canada
c)
hurt businesses in the U.S and Canada
d)
None of the above
18.
In January 1959, a group of Cuban Revolutionaries overthrew the Cuban government. What was the American reaction to this revolution?
a)
America led a successful military invasion called the “Bay of Pigs”
that helped over Castro.
that helped over Castro.
b)
America ignored the revolution because they did not want to be involved with a Communist nation.
c)
America placed an embargo on Cuba and refused to trade or do business with Cuba.
d)
They began to trade industrial goods with the United States and Canada
19.
How did slavery affect the economic development of Latin America?
a)
Slaves provided a commodity (product) to be traded with North America and Europe
b)
The importation of slaves from Africa made it possible to have larger and more productive plantations.
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
20.
Which of the following events occurred as a result of European exploration of the Americas in the 1400s and 1500s?
a)
the destruction of the Aztec and Incan civilizations
b)
the discovery that the Atlantic Ocean separated Asia from Europe
c)
the invention of the astrolabe which improved navigation
d)
the discovery and use of the Northwest Passage to Asia
21.
Which important goal did Toussaint L’Ouverture want to achieve?
a)
control of French, Spanish, and British armies in the Caribbean
b)
improved production on sugar plantations
c)
freedom for slaves in Saint Domingue (Haiti)
d)
Freedom from Venezuela from the Spanish
22.
What was one effect of the Cuban Revolution?
a)
The Soviet Union controlled America’s actions
b)
Cuba declared war on America
c)
American government pulled out of Cuba and gave up their sugar cane
d)
The personal freedoms of Cubans were taken away.
23.
Who helped Peru and Venezuela gain their freedom?
a)
Toussaint
b)
Bolivar
c)
Inturbine
d)
Hidalgo
24.
Miguel Hidalgo is known as the Father of independence for which country?
a)
Brazil
b)
Mexico
c)
Haiti
d)
Colombia
25.
Cortes and Pizarro were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas because
a)
The Native Central American refused to fight the Spanish soldiers.
b)
The Aztecs and Incas were at war with each other making them weaker.
c)
The Aztecs navy was quickly defeated by the superior Spanish Armada.
d)
European diseases killed many Native Americans who might have fought the Spanish.
26.
Why is Simon Bolivar often called “the Liberator”?
a)
He led many independence movements against Spain
b)
His political views were very liberal for the time
c)
He supported Colonialism for Brazil.
d)
He strongly supported women’s liberation
27.
Simon Bolivar was known as the Liberator for which people?
a)
Indigenous people
b)
Mexican
c)
South American
d)
Spanish soldiers
28.
Who was the conquistador who conquered the Incas?
a)
Montezuema
b)
Cortes
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Pizarro
29.
Who was the Incan leader when defeated by the Spanish?
a)
Montezuma
b)
Pizarro
c)
Cortes
d)
Atahualpa
30.
What happened that created demand for Africans in the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Native Americans migrated to Europe
b)
diseases killed Native Americans
c)
diseases killed Africans
d)
indigenous workers went on strike
31.
What type of economic system did Cuba establish after the Cuban Revolution?
a)
socialism
b)
mixed
c)
market
d)
communism
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