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WorksheetsLatin American History
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most spoken language in Latin America?
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
English
d)
French
2.
What is the 2nd most spoken language in Latin America because of who colonized Brazil?
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
English
d)
French
3.
What were children of black slaves and Europeans called?
a)
mulattoes
b)
indigenous people
c)
black Europeans
d)
mestizos
4.
What were children of native people and Europeans called?
a)
mulattoes
b)
indigenous people
c)
black Europeans
d)
mestizos
5.
What is the main religion of Latin America?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Roman Catholic
6.
What ancient civilization were great warriors who were advanced with agriculture?
a)
Aztecs
b)
Mayans
c)
Incas
d)
Indians
7.
Which ancient people built complicated roads and buildings built of stone and were also great with bridges?
a)
Aztecs
b)
Mayans
c)
Indians
d)
Incas
8.
Who conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Christopher Colombus
d)
Francisco Pizarro
9.
Who conquered the Incas?
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Christopher Colombus
d)
Francisco Pizarro
10.
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when they fell to the Spanish?
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Francisco Pizarro
11.
Who was the leader of the Incas when they fell to the Spanish?
(held for ransom and then killed)
(held for ransom and then killed)
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Francisco Pizarro
12.
Who was treated like a god when he first arrived in Mexico?
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Francisco Pizarro
13.
What helped Spanish explorers defeat the Incas and Aztecs?
a)
Spanish had more men
b)
diseases and advanced weapons
c)
Spanish had better food
d)
Spanish were smarter
14.
What was a major effect of the Colombian Exchange?
a)
shrinking indigenous population
b)
agriculture change (plants transported across the Atlantic)
c)
introduction of the horse to the Americas
d)
all 3 were major effects
15.
Why did European slaves prefer Africans to work on their land?
a)
they were stronger than Native Americans
b)
they had more immunity to European diseases
c)
introduction of the horse to the they lived longer that Native Americans
d)
they were better farmers than Native Americans
16.
This is a Spanish agricultural plantation.
a)
polytheistic
b)
indigenous
c)
conquistador
d)
hacienda
17.
What term refers to the native people of a specific place?
a)
polytheistic
b)
indigenous
c)
conquistador
d)
hacienda
18.
What term refers to a Spanish explorer conquered the Americas?
a)
polytheistic
b)
indigenous
c)
conquistador
d)
hacienda
19.
What is the belief in many gods called?
a)
polytheism
b)
indigenous
c)
conquistador
d)
hacienda
20.
What is the movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration called?
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
21.
The 2nd leg of the Triangular Trade that involved slave ships sailing from Africa to America.
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
22.
The enslavement of Africans, their forced transportation overseas, and the selling of them once they reached America.
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
23.
The 3 leg trading between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that involved raw materials, manufactured materials and human labor.
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
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