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Conflict and Change in Latin America (ss6h1)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

European influence was expanding in

a)

Canada

b)

Australia

c)

the New World

d)

China

2.

What was needed to establish and maintain industries and infrastructure?

a)

Gold

b)

Farm animals

c)

Cheap labor force

d)

Crops

3.

Important crops in Latin America were (pick 2)

a)

Peanuts

b)

Sugarcane

c)

Peaches

d)

Coffee

4.

Importing of Slave Labor began. Also known as

a)

the Slave Movement

b)

Transatlantic Slave Trade

c)

Hacienda

d)

The great migration

5.

Describe living conditions on slave ships.

a)

Comfortable

b)

Roomy

c)

Horrible

d)

Fancy

6.

The mortality rate on slave ships was

a)

10%

b)

80%

c)

40%

d)

25%

7.

What was the Colombian Exchange?

a)

An exchange of artifacts between Native Americans

b)

The movement of peoples, agriculture,commodities, diseases, and cultures between the New Word and Old World

c)

The movement of cattle to Columbus, Ohio

d)

A hacienda

8.

What killed more Native Americans than any other cause?

a)

A Volcano erupted

b)

A major earthquake

c)

diseases like Small Pox

d)

War with the Spanish

9.

Spanish and Portuguese are __________ languages.

a)

Uncommon

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Iberian

d)

Romance

10.

Spain and Portugal were __________________ kingdoms.

a)

Russian

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Baptist

d)

Romance

11.

Cuba had suffered under the dictatorship of_____________ since 1952.

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

America

d)

Fulgencio Batista

12.

Economic policy which blocks all trade with a given nation

a)

Coup

b)

Embargo

c)

Cold War

d)

dictatorship

13.

Cuba allowed U.S.S.R. to build a missile launching complex . This sparked a 13 day standoff known as the

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Third World War

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Cold War

14.

Who declared Cuba a communist state on January 1, 1959 and later came to power in Cuba during the cold war?

a)

George Bush

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

U.S.S.R.

15.

The people of Central America suffer due to (choose all that apply)

a)

Long lasting poverty

b)

Lack of high quality employment and inadequate investment in education

c)

The War on Drugs and drug Cartels

d)

All choices (A,B,and C)

16.

Who led a group of rebels in the 1959 Revolution against the Government of Cuba.

a)

Fulgencio Batista

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

African slaves

d)

Brazil's president

17.

What type of government does Cuba have?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Communist (Autocracy)