WorksheetsLatin American - Historical Understanding - 6th Grade
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
During the colonial period, many indigenous Latin Americans died from ___________.
European diseases
Lack of clean water
Hygiene and sanitation issues
Not enough food resources
Why has the War on Drugs been so unsuccessful in some areas of Latin America?
Governmental corruption
Cartels keep moving
Brutal violence
All of the above
What economic sanction was enforced between the United States and Cuba as a
result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Tariff
Embargo
Quota
Currency Exchange
Why has the War on Drugs been so unsuccessful in some areas of Latin America?
Government corruption
Cartels keep moving
Brutal violence
All of the above.
Which two European countries contributed most to the languages and religion of Latin America today?
England and Spain
Spain and Portugal
France and Portugal
England and Portugal
What almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Kennedy did not like the leader of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union wanted to show the Cubans that they were strong friends.
Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.
The United States wanted the sugar cane crop that the Soviet Union was buying from Cuba.
What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?
Slavery still exists in most Latin American countries.
Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa.
Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa.
The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.
Which country helped Castro build Cuba into a Communist country?
Mexico
United States
Soviet Union
Brazil
Because of the lasting influence of European colonization of Latin America, what is the most common religion in the region today?
Judaism
Islam
Santeria
Catholicism
Which country helped Castro build Cuba into a Communist country?
Mexico
United States
Soviet Union
Brazil
People who protested Castro’s regime were exiled, imprisoned, or executed. Where did over 500,000 Cubans flee in order to escape
Castro’s harsh policies?
Soviet Union
Brazil
United Kingdom
United States
Why has the War on Drugs been so unsuccessful in some areas of Latin America?
Government corruption
Cartels keep moving
Brutal violence
All of the above.
Which European country had the greatest influence on Mexico’s culture, language, and religion?
Portugal
England
Spain
Italy
What type of government did Fidel Castro create in Cuba following the Cuban Revolution?
Communist dictatorship
Presidential democracy
Parliamentary democracy
Absolute monarchy
Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World (Americas)?
slaves from West Africa
settlers that came from Europe
peasants from Spain and Portugal
indigenous people of Australia
Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959?
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
John F. Kennedy
The War on Drugs was the United States’ plan to go after illegal drug _____________in Latin America.
Producers
Consumers
Dealers
Informants
Which is NOT a factor that leads to poverty in Latin America?
Overabundance of jobs
Limited education opportunities
Extreme population growth & not enough resources
Inadequate healthcare
