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Latin American Independence

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is this?

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Pancho Villa

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

2.

Who is this?

a)

Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Porfirio Diaz

c)

Jose de San Martin

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

3.

Which country claims Jose de San Martin as a national hero?

a)

Argentina

b)

Venezuala

c)

Bolivia

d)

Mexico

4.

Spanish conquistadors came to the New World searching for gold, but found that ___ would be much more profitable.

a)

cotton

b)

potatoes

c)

sugar

d)

wheat

5.

Spanish people who came to the New World but returned to Spain were known as

a)

creoles

b)

mestizos

c)

peninsulares

d)

encomiendas

6.

Which of these was a Portuguese colony?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

Jamaica

d)

Colombia

7.

Panama has a strategic location because it is a(n)

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

strait

d)

isthmus

8.

Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the independence movement in which country?

a)

Haiti

b)

Jamaica

c)

Cuba

d)

Panama

9.

The encomienda system was most beneficial to

a)

Native Americans

b)

Mestizos

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Creoles

10.

With which side of the political spectrum is Benito Juarez associated?

a)

left

b)

right

c)

middle

11.

With which side of the political spectrum is Pancho Villa associated?

a)

left

b)

right

c)

middle

12.

Which term is most properly associated with Porfirio Diaz?

a)

caudillo

b)

encomienda

c)

mestizo

d)

Zapatista

13.

Which part of Latin America was the most common destination of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

a)

British North American colonies

b)

Mexico

c)

The Andes Mountain region

d)

The Caribbean Islands

14.

The Triangular Trade is most closely associated with

a)

liberalism

b)

mercantalism

c)

populism

d)

abolitionism

15.

Which person is most closely associated with the independence of the northern states of South America?

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Jose de San Martin

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

16.

Which person is most closely associated with Mexico's Independence Day?

a)

Benito Juarez

b)

Pancho Villa

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

17.

What type of government is the term "caudillo" most closely associated with?

a)

autocratic

b)

democratic

c)

republic

d)

divine right

18.

Which United States document is most closely associated with our involvement in Latin America?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The Truman Doctrine

d)

The Articles of Confederation

19.

Which American president is most closely associated with digging the Panama Canal?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

20.

After the success of the Latin American revolutions in Spanish colonies, which group saw its influence grow the most?

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Native Americans

d)

former African slaves

21.

Which European leader had to be challenged for Haiti to achieve its independence?

a)

Pedro I

b)

Ferdinand and Isabella

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Frederich the Great

22.
The social classes of Latin America were based on the _________ of the person.
a)
Wealth
b)
Race
c)
Heritage
d)
Ability
23.
Which best summarizes the Haitian Revolution?
a)
Creole flip sides and declare independence
b)
Leader declares independence without a fight
c)
Slave Revolt
d)
Two leaders join forces to drive out the colonial power
24.
Which best summarizes the how Brazil received their independence?
a)
Slave revolt against the French
b)
2 Catholic Priest led the mestizos in an uprisinig
c)
2 Generals combined forces to push out the Spanish
d)
Leader declared independence without a fight
25.
One way in which Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, and José de San Martín are similar is that they all were 
a)
supporters of mercantile policies
b)
leaders of independence movements
c)
democratically elected leaders
d)
industrial labor reformers
26.
A historian could best use these maps to study which of the following?
a)
the results of nationalism in Latin America
b)
the impact of roads in the Andes Mountains
c)
the effects of globalization
d)
the causes of the French Revolution