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Slavery in Latin America (Leah M)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did slavery end in Latin America?

a)

1880’s

b)

1800’s

c)

1900’s

d)

1980”s

2.

Who were the two European empires that colonized the most land in Latin America?

a)

British & Portuguese

b)

British & Spanish

c)

Portuguese & Spanish

d)

Dutch & British

3.

Cash crops are crops that are grown to be sold for ____________.

a)

Money

b)

Health

c)

Nothing

d)

Profit

4.

Where did most African slaves go to work?

a)

In farms

b)

In mines

c)

In houses

d)

On haciendas

5.

What country did the African slaves go to work?

a)

Germany

b)

Brazil

c)

Italy

d)

France

6.

What did majority of the indigenous people die from?

a)

Hammers

b)

Humans

c)

Medicine

d)

Diseases

7.

Europeans looked for _________ and steady-available labor force to grow.

a)

Expensive

b)

New

c)

Cheap

d)

Rusty

8.

Plantation owners relied on ____________ amounts of slave labor.

a)

Massive

b)

Small

c)

Huge

d)

I don’t know

9.

What was the intermarriage between?

a)

French, Germany, indigenous people, and Great Britain

b)

Africans, French, Dutch, and Germany

c)

Spanish, indigenous people, Portuguese, and Germany

d)

Spanish, Africans, Portuguese, and indigenous people

10.

What are the cash crops that Europeans export?

a)

Coffee & Tobacco

b)

Tobacco & Sugarcane

c)

Sugarcane & Coffee

d)

Wheat & Tobacco

11.

Where was the Spanish and Portuguese looking for new slaves?

a)

South Africa

b)

North Africa

c)

West Africa

d)

West Asia

12.

Afrifan slaves made up _____________ of the total population of Latin America in the 1880’s.

a)

70-90%

b)

20-50%

c)

80-100%

d)

80-90%

13.

Why are cash crops grown?

a)

To be sold for a profit

b)

To be eaten

c)

To share with others

d)

I’m not sure

14.

The Spanish, Portuguese, Africans, and the indigenous people created a new _________________.

a)

Factory

b)

Cultural identify

c)

Business

d)

??????

15.

Where was the haciendas?

a)

Caribbean Islands

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

West Africa