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WorksheetsLatin America Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 20mins
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
Why do most people in South America speak Portuguese or Spanish?
Indigenous people
Colonization
The Panama Canal
Slavery
Who led a successful revolution in the northern area of South America by overthrowing spanish rulers, eventually having a country named after him?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Simón Bolivar
Toussaint L‘Ouverture
The Colombian Exchange introduced the following into South American Culture:
Tomatoes
Cattle Ranching
Terrace Farming
Gold and Silver
Why do people migrate to the USA from South American countries?
To find better jobs to support their family back in South America
To find more modern living opportunities and conditions
All of the answer choices
To be safe from dictators and other corrupt governments
What most caused a cultural change and influenced the trade/ economy of South and Central America?
The Andes Mountains
The Hudson Bay
The Panama Canal
Machu Picchu
Indigenous languages in the Caribbean have been replaced by European languages such as French, Spanish and Portugal. What is this an example of?
Displacement
Dominating
Corrupt Governments
Cultural Diffusion
What is one example of cultural diffusion because of Enslaved Africans in South America?
New governments introduced to South America
New dances, foods and music introduced to South America
New sculpture, paintings and artists introduced to South America
New architecture introduced to South America
Spanish colonization in the Americas caused:
introduction of Christianity and the Spanish Language
It didnt cause anything
Introduction of Portuguese and farming
Women to gain greater equality
Who built Machu Picchu?
Aztecs
Mayan
Incas
French
Which is TRUE? ( Hint: there is more than one answer)
Brazil's main language is Portuguese
Cuba has a dictator
Barbados is landlocked between Bolivia and Colombia
Mexico celebrates Dia De Los Muertos
These people brought dance, food, and music to South America through cultural diffusion.
Enslaved Africans
Cuban Exiles
American Explorers
Siberian Herders
One way The Caribbean Islands were affected by cultural diffusion......
Several European languages replaced many indigenous languages
The official language became spanish
English replaced all other languages including creole
Languages from Africa became popular
What influenced cultural change in South America, making it a trade and travel destination?
Flooding of The Bering Sea
Burning of the Rainforest
Building the Panama Canal
Creating roads through the Andes
What body of water is number 1?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
What body of water is number 3?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
