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WorksheetsLatin American History
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Aztec men were fierce ________________.
a)
farmers
b)
warriors
c)
peacemakers
d)
democrats
2.
The Aztec Capital city was built in the middle of what is now __________ __________.
a)
Macchu Pichu
b)
Amazon basin
c)
Mexico City
d)
New Caracas
3.
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the _____________ people of Mexico.
a)
Incas
b)
Mayas
c)
Cherokee
d)
Aztecs
4.
The ___________ Empire stretched along the western coast of South America.
a)
Mayan
b)
Inca
c)
Aztec
d)
Cherokee
5.
The ____________ people built terraces on the steep mountainside to grow crops.
a)
Aztec
b)
Inca
c)
Mayan
d)
Cherokee
6.
True or False. The Incas were a relatively civilized people who built strong stone buildings and devised innovative methods to grow crops on a mountainside.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
We have no information on this.
7.
Hernando _____________ conquered the Aztec people for Spain.
a)
Pizarro
b)
De Soto
c)
Cortes
d)
Rodriguez
8.
The capital of the Inca Empire was _______________. **Hint: Don't throw off his groove!
a)
Cuzco
b)
Machu Picchu
c)
Tenochtitaln
d)
Mexico City
9.
Who was the Aztec ruler when the Spanish Arrived?
a)
Tenochtitlan
b)
Atuhualpa
c)
Montezuma
d)
Timbuktu
10.
The Spanish built _____________ __________ on the ruins of the Aztecs' Tenochtitlan.
a)
New Caracas
b)
Amazon City
c)
Mexico City
d)
Machu Picchu
11.
The city of the ___________ Empire, Machu Picchu, may be visited today in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
a)
Aztec
b)
Mayan
c)
Cherokee
d)
Inca
12.
What "working" animal did the Spanish bring with them to the Americas that was new to the Native Americans?
a)
pig
b)
dog
c)
deer
d)
horse
13.
Brazil was settled (colonized) by people from _________________
a)
Spain
b)
Russia
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Portugal
14.
True or False. Africans were imported to Latin America to work on sugar plantations because many Native Americans died of smallpox.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Neither of these
15.
Brazil imported more African ___________ than any country in the world.
a)
tourists
b)
doctors
c)
slaves
d)
tigers
16.
Growing sugar cane was the main source of _____________ for Portuguese colonies in Brazil.
a)
desserts
b)
taxes
c)
income
d)
trade
17.
True or False. Customs, religion, and languages in Latin America are similar to those in Spain and Portugal because Spain and Portugal colonized most of Latin America bringing their customs, religion and languages with them to the Americas.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What Animal did Cortes introduce to the Americas for the first time?
a)
Pigs
b)
Spanish Fly
c)
Rats
d)
Horses
19.
The man who fought for ending slavery in Haiti was
a)
Toussaint L’Ouverture
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Nacho Libre
20.
Brazil imported more African slaves than any country in the world.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The man who fought for Mexico’s independence from Spain was
a)
Simon Bolivar
b)
Miguel Hidalgo
c)
Toussaint L’Ouverture
d)
Fidel Castro
22.
What was the Colombian exchange?
a)
sending food and people from the Old World to the New World
b)
Sending Animals and plants from the Old World to the New World
c)
moving plants and animals from South America to North America
d)
moving animals, plants, people and diseases from the Old world to the New World and from the New World to the Old World.
23.
Customs, religion, and languages in Latin America are similar to those in Spain and Portugal because Spain and Portugal colonized most of Latin America bringing their customs, religion and languages with them to the Americas.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
A person who has an idea for a business and takes a risk with money to start the business is called a?
a)
Conquistador
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
King
d)
Mixed Marketer
25.
The Aztec civilization lived in central __________.
a)
Peru
b)
South America
c)
Mexico
d)
Brazil
26.
The disease ______________ killed thousands of people in Mexico in 1520 after the Europeans (Spaniards) brought this disease with them.
a)
Smallpox
b)
common cold
c)
bronchitis
d)
yellow fever
27.
What was the Columbian exchange?
a)
exchange of Euros for dollars
b)
exchange of goods from Old World to New and New world to Old
c)
exchange of environmental issues
d)
exchange of specialization
28.
Which foods came from Latin America (Central and South Americas)?
a)
peaches,
coffee, corn, wheat
b)
coffee,
peaches, sugar, wheat
c)
.
coffee, sugar, cocoa, peaches
d)
corn,
potatoes, tomatoes, peppers
29.
The man who fought for South America’s independence from Spain was
a)
.
Simon Bolivar
b)
Miguel
Hidalgo
c)
Toussaint
L’Ouverture
d)
Fidel
Castro
30.
The man who fought against Dictator Fulgencia Batista and made himself dictator and made Cuba a communist country
a)
Simon
Bolivar
b)
Miguel
Hidalgo
c)
Toussaint
L’Ouverture
d)
Fidel
Castro
31.
Many educated well off Cubans were not happy under Castro’s communist system and wanted to leave Cuba for the United States (Florida) .
a)
True
b)
False
32.
The United States had so many refugees from Cuba that we had to limit the number that could come in to the U.S. each year.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
no information
d)
irrelevant fact
33.
Before Fidel Castro became Cuba’s dictator, the Cuban people were happy under Batista’s rule.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
no information
d)
irrlevant
34.
This agreement made trade between U.S., Mexico, and Canada easier by eliminating (erasing) all tariffs between the three countries
a)
Canada and U.S agreement
b)
Mexico and Canada agreement
c)
North American Free Trade Agreement
d)
none of these
35.
Not all Americans were happy about North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) because they feared ________ losses and more pollution in the southwest U.S.
a)
hair
b)
job
36.
The total amount in terms of money in a year that country produces is called the
a)
gross domestic product
b)
total money amount
c)
countries wealth amount
37.
Africans were imported to Latin America to work on sugar plantations because many Native Americans died of ____________.
a)
overeating
b)
heat
c)
cold
d)
smallpox/diseases
38.
Growing sugar cane was the main source of _____________ for Portuguese colonies in Brazil.
a)
desserts
b)
pollution
c)
income
39.
In the early 1960’s, Cuba gave the Soviet Union permission to build a missile launching complex on their coast near the U.S. This was called The _________ ________________ __________and caused a threat of nuclear war.
a)
Soviet's sneaky trick
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Caribbean Torpedo Threat
40.
In the Mexican Zapatista guerrilla movement, who was rebelling against the government?
a)
wealthy plantation owners
b)
college students
c)
Mexican small farmers
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