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Latin America

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am the largest Caribbean island located 90 miles below Florida

a)

Haiti

b)

Barbados

c)

St. Thomas

d)

Cuba

2.

What religion did the Spanish and Portuguese missionaries spread in Latin America?

a)

Baptist

b)

Catholicism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islamism

3.

I am a man made waterway that allows boats to travel a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Lake Maracaibo

c)

Sierra Madre Mountains

d)

Amazon River

4.

What language do the people of Brazil speak?

a)

Dutch

b)

English

c)

Spanish

d)

Portuguese

5.

Which environmental problem is found in Mexico City, Mexico?

a)

fog

b)

nuclear fallout

c)

smog

d)

acid rain

6.

Which animal was introduced to Latin America by the Spanish?

a)

donkey

b)

Mule

c)

Horse

d)

cow

7.

Which environmental problem is found in northern Brazil?

a)

cutting down the rainforest

b)

smog

c)

runoff

d)

acid rain

8.

What country is this?

a)

Colombia

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Panama Canal

9.

After Europeans came to the New World, many items were traded between the New World and Europe. What was this trading process called?

a)

New York Stock Exchange

b)

Colombian Trade Session

c)

Colombian Exchange

d)

European Union

10.

Which country includes most of the Amazon River and Rain forest?

a)

Mexico

b)

Colombia

c)

Brazil

d)

Venezuela

11.

Which country area in Latin America did Portugal claim as a colony?

a)

Chile

b)

Colombia

c)

Mexico

d)

Brazil

12.

What is the large canopy of green plants and trees that surround the Amazon River called?

a)

Amazon Bottoms

b)

Brazilian Forest

c)

Andes Forest

d)

Amazon Rain forest

13.

What language do most of Latin American countries speak?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Dutch

d)

Portuguese

14.

Why were African slaves imported to the Latin American colonies?

a)

Indigenous people were shorter people

b)

Indigenous people could not speak Spanish

c)

Aztecs charged to much money for their work

d)

African slaves could stand the heat and diseases better than indigenous people

15.

How did the people from the East (shown on the map) influence the culture and people of the west?

a)

Brought Christianity

b)

Brought new foods and music

c)

Established a fire arm trade

d)

Brought the Spanish language