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WorksheetsLatin America Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 29mins
Removing or clearing away of trees
Finding ways to use resources without using them up.
The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas resulting in the growth of urban areas
A region of the world that includes Mexico through South America.
A system where one country rules another country. The ruling country controls the other country for its own benefit.
A type of thick evergreen forest found in areas with heavy rainfall.
What culture trait did Africans bring with them to South America?
Unlimited Government
Free Education
Reggae music and dance
Free Market Economy
___________ caused the decline of the Aztecs and the Incas.
British soldiers
Complete government control
Diseases, such as Smallpox
Lack of food
What is the largest river in South America?
Nile
Rio Grande
Amazon
Orinoco
Which mountain range is located on the west coast of South America?
Andes
Sierra Madre
Sierra Occidental
Sierra
European colonization of Latin America resulted in intermarriage and children of mixed ancestry. The offspring of these marriages were called--
Mestizos
Latinos
Mexicans
Patagonians
The event where the New World and the Old World traded plants, animals, germs, goods, ideas, and culture is called:
The Columbian Exchange
The Presidium
Mesoamerican transference
The Cuban Revovlution
What was the primary reason why conquering the New World was so easy for Europeans?
90% of people in the New World died of Old World diseases
People in the New World did not fight back
People from the Old World had machine guns
the Panama canal allowed many ships to pass through
What US built construction made it WAY easier to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
Itaipu Dam
Machu Picchu
Salar de Uyuni
Which outcome was a direct result of the social structure established during European colonization of Latin America?
inequalities of income and power
communist governments were formed in most countries
a small but powerful middle class that owned the land and businesses
family structure of native peoples was destroyed
In many newly independent 19th-century Latin American nations, power was often concentrated in the hands of the
wealthy landowners
corporate executives
Maya and Aztec officials
peasant farmers
Simón Bolívar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and José de San Martín are all associated with revolutions in
Africa
Europe
Latin America
South Asia
The economies of most Latin American countries are characterized by
dependence on exporting raw materials
establishment of successful land redistribution programs
production of heavy industrial machinery
development of trade surpluses
The Atacama desert is on the __________ side of South America..
West
East
North
South
Europeans wanted to explore the New World to search for gold....
True
False
What word means occurring naturally in a particular place or native?
indigenous
specific
adequate
armadillo
What happened to most Latin American countries after they gained independence?
They voted for new presidents
Dictators took absolute power
Kings and Queens assumed divine power in the region
They became world powers within the first year
What role did the American and French Revolutions play in Latin American history?
They helped spread communist ideas to the region
They influenced colonists to remain under European control for safety
They gave Latin America more trading partners
They influenced colonists to gain independence from Spain and Portugal
A group of places that share unifying characteristics (something in common)
Movement
Region
Human/Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Trading bloc of the South American countries Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, formed in 1991.
diversified economy
literacy
referendum
amend
MERCOSUR
Who held political power after the Latin American Revolutions?
dictators
Prime Minister
Catholic priests
Aristocracy
People who have lived in an area the longest.
Conquistadors
Mestizos
Immigrants
Indigenous
