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WorksheetsLatin America Unit Test Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The medium of exchange used to buy goods and services.
a)
Credit
b)
Invest
c)
Income
d)
Money
2.
Ideas, innovation, and risk involved in starting a business.
a)
Entrepreneurship
b)
Natural Resources
c)
Investing in human capital
d)
Interest
3.
Human Capital, Capital, Natural resources, Entrepreneurship
a)
Interest
b)
Capital
c)
Credit
d)
Factors that influence economic growth
4.
Provides you with money to spend on whatever you choose.
a)
Interest
b)
Money
c)
Invest
d)
Income
5.
Education and skills training
a)
Interest
b)
Invest
c)
Investing in human capital
d)
Entrepreneurship
6.
People who perform labor
a)
Capital
b)
Credit
c)
Human Capital
d)
Invest
7.
Things that come from the land like minerals or trees.
a)
Entreprenurship
b)
Capital
c)
Natural Resources
d)
Interest
8.
The total market value of the goods and services produced by a country's economy during a specific year.
a)
Interest
b)
Gross Domestic Produce (GDP)
c)
Invest
d)
Income
9.
To commit money or capital to gain a financial return.
a)
Invest
b)
Income
c)
Interest
d)
Credit
10.
People use this to buy now and pay for it later usually with interest.
a)
Money
b)
Credit
c)
Invest
d)
Capital
11.
A fee paid for the use of someone else's money.
a)
Invest
b)
Income
c)
Interest
d)
Credit
12.
Factories or machinery
a)
Income
b)
Capital
c)
Human Capital
d)
Credit
13.
The Inca used _________________ to water their crops.
a)
Irrigation canals
b)
Indigenous
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Mexico City
14.
The Aztec men were fierce ___________.
a)
Gardens
b)
Western
c)
Warriors
d)
Smallpox
15.
__________________ was a Spanish explorer who invaded the Inca empire in 1532.
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Hernan Cortez
c)
Monetzuma II
d)
Atahualpa
16.
The Aztec capital city was built in the middle of ___________ ________________.
a)
Indigenous
b)
Mexico City
c)
Lake Texcoco
d)
Consequnces
17.
Native to a particular area or region...
a)
Warriors
b)
Consequences
c)
Gardens
d)
Indigenous
18.
Inca runners carried messages over stone _____________ & rope _____________.
a)
Roads/bridges
b)
Causeway/trees
c)
Consequences/causeway
d)
Inca/Aztec
19.
The Inca Empire stretched along the ____________ coast of South America.
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Eastern
d)
Western
20.
What disease killed thousands of people in Mexico in 1520?
a)
H1N1
b)
Smallpox
c)
Bird Flu
d)
Pig Flu
21.
The capital of the Inca Empire was ________.
a)
Cuzco
b)
Lake Texcoco
c)
New Mexico
d)
Houston
22.
The positive or negative outcomes of decisions or events...
a)
Consequences
b)
Indigenous
c)
Montezuma
d)
Cuzco
23.
3 reasons the Spanish were able to overthrow the Inca army:
a)
Decline of indigenous Population, agricultural exchange, the horse.
b)
Small pox killed the Inca, Spanish had weapons & horses, other tribes helped the Spanish win.
24.
Chinampas were floating __________.
a)
Western
b)
Gardens
c)
Causeway
d)
Warriors
25.
The Aztec civilization lived in central ______________.
a)
Mexico
b)
Cuzco
c)
Texas
d)
Brazil
26.
______________ conquered the Aztec empire for Spain.
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Atahualpa
c)
Prince Henry the Navigator
d)
Hernan Cortez
27.
A raised roadway across a swamp or body of water is a __________________.
a)
Gardens
b)
Atuhualpa
c)
Cuzco
d)
Causeway
28.
___________________ was the Aztec ruler when the Spanish arrived.
a)
Atahualpa
b)
Hernan Cortez
c)
Montezuma II
d)
Donald Trump
29.
3 major ways The Columbian Exchange impacted Latin America:
a)
Decline of indigenous Population, agricultural exchange, the horse.
b)
Small pox killed the Inca, Spanish had weapons & horses, other tribes helped the Spanish win.
30.
After destroying Tenochtitlan, the Spanish built __________________.
a)
Mexico
b)
Indigenous
c)
Mexico City
d)
Montezuma
31.
________________ was the Inca emperor when the Spanish arrived in 1532.
a)
Atahualpa
b)
Montezuma II
c)
Hernan Cortez
d)
Tenochtitlan
32.
The Inca people farmed on ______________.
a)
Steep Mountainsides
b)
Causeways
c)
Cuzco
d)
Roadways
33.
Today, St. Domingue is known as _________.
a)
France
b)
Haiti
c)
Brazil
d)
Columbia
34.
Countries with colonies in South America in the 1500s:
a)
Portuguese
b)
Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador.
c)
Portugal, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Spain
d)
Portugal
35.
Mexico gained independence from Spain in ____________.
a)
1804
b)
1821
c)
1857
d)
1801
36.
The main source of income for Portuguese settlers in Brazil came from growing _____________.
a)
Corn
b)
Sugarcane
c)
Wheat
d)
Rice
37.
Brazil imported more ______________ than any other country in the world to work on ____________ plantations.
a)
Slaves/Sugar
b)
Horses/Large
c)
Latin Americans/Sugar
d)
Spanish/Wheat
38.
Brazil was settled by people from ___________.
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France
39.
Catholic priests taught ______________ to the Indians.
a)
French
b)
Spanish
c)
English
d)
Russian
40.
_______________ controlled St. Domingue.
a)
The Spanish
b)
The French
c)
The United States
d)
The Russians
41.
Two events that gave Latin American colonies the idea to fight for independence:
a)
American colonies' independence, the French people overthrew their king.
b)
The Cubs won the World Series, the Falcons made it to the Super Bowl
c)
Columbus discovered America, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
d)
Castro liberates Cuba, the election of Ronald Reagan
42.
Plantation economies in South America prospered because of _____ ____________.
a)
Sugar cane
b)
The GDP
c)
High unemployment
d)
Slave labor
43.
Which two countries controlled most of the land in South America?
a)
Canada & Japan
b)
Cuba & Mexico
c)
Russia & The United States
d)
Spain & Portugal
44.
Who is known as the "Father of Mexican Independence"?
a)
Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Hernan Cortez
c)
Prince Henry the Navigator
d)
Grito de Dolores
45.
__________________ led the rebel groups to free Haiti.
a)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
b)
Grito de Dolores
c)
Father Hidalgo
d)
Prince Henry
46.
Miguel Hildalgo's famous speech calling for independence was ___________________.
a)
Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores)
b)
Free Mexico
c)
My country
d)
In the night
47.
______________ is the official language of Brazil.
a)
Portuguese
b)
English
c)
French
d)
Spanish
48.
In what year did St. Domingue become independent and change its name?
a)
1821
b)
1819
c)
1776
d)
1804
49.
Why did the Mexican farmers dislike NAFTA?
a)
NAFTA forced down prices for crops and changes in land ownership laws
b)
U.S. cut off all ties with Cuba and Zapatista guerrilla movement
c)
The U.S. declared war on Spain and Spain gave up Cuba & Puerto Rico.
d)
Cheap food products from the US flooded into Mexico, forcing down prices they could charge for crops.
50.
Native Americans who rose up against the Mexican government in 1994 were known as the ____________ ___________ _______________.
a)
Zapatista guerrilla movement
b)
Latin American war
c)
Cuban Revolution
d)
Spanish-American War
51.
Two reasons why the Zapatistas were rebelling:
a)
NAFTA forced down prices for crops and changes in land ownership laws
b)
Improvements in housing & education
c)
Castro came to power during the Cold War and sided with the Soviet Union and Castro set of a Communist system of govt., taking control of EVERYTHING.
d)
U.S. cut off all ties with Cuba.
52.
U.S. cut off all ties with Cuba.
a)
1985
b)
1961
c)
1977
d)
1945
53.
Castro lost an important ally & trading partner when the Soviet Union broke apart. Cuba's economy suffered and still struggles today. Food shortage occur from time to time.
a)
1945
b)
1985
c)
1961
d)
1991
54.
Late 1950s - Fidel Castro (young lawyer) led a group of rebels against the corrupt government of dictator Fulgencio Batista. This is known as?
a)
Cuban Revolution
b)
Zapatista guerrilla movement
c)
Spanish-American War
d)
North American Free Trade Agreement
55.
What is the most northern country in Latin America?
a)
Mexico
b)
Brazil
c)
Columbia
d)
Cuba
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