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WorksheetsLatin American Independence
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What two European countries held the largest colonial empires in Latin America in 1800? Select two answers.
France
Spain
England
Netherlands
Portugal
Which of the following countries was independent by 1830?
Argentina
Cuba
French Guiana
Santo Domingo
Who were the independence leader(s) fighting in South America? Select two.
Simon Bolivar
Giuseppe Garibaldi
José de San Martín
George Washington
Why was the chaos happening in Spain important?
It allowed many people to return to Europe without being noticed.
It fixed a lot of the racism issues that people in South America were facing.
It ended a lot of the payments people in the colonies were making.
It gave the colonies an excuse to rebel and not betray the crown.
Which of the following did NOT influence the Spanish colonies' rebellion?
American Revolution
An alliance with the natives
King Charles IV's reign in Spain
French control of Spain and the colonies
What 3 institutions exercised control over Latin American populations?
The Spanish / Portugese Crown (Kings), The Catholic Church, Patriarchy - husbands had complete control of their wives and family
The Spanish / Portugese Crown (Kings), The Protestant Church, Matriarchy - wives had complete control of their husbands and family
Spain, Portugal, France - the “Latin” colonizers
Creoles, peninsulares, mestizos
John Green (the narrator) states that Latin America led the world in Transculturation - cultural blending or the mixing of cultures. What evidence does he provide to support this claim?
The Catholic Church was one of the most powerful institutions in Latin America. The Catholic Church united and mixed all of the differing cultures in Latin America.
Portugal and Spain both controlled territory in Latin America and their cultures mixed. Since both languages come from Latin, this led to the term “Latin America.”
Latin American culture was a mixture of the culture of Peninsulares from Spain, whites born in the Americas(Creoles), Native Americans and enslaved Africans.
When England brought soccer to the region, it served as a unifying force for all of Latin America and furthered the process of transculturation.
______________ - was a colony of Portugal. The portugese prince, Dom Pedro, declared himself King. This region then became independent from Portugal after a relatively bloodless revolution.
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Cuba
____________ - had a series of peasant revolutions by the priests Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos . Eventually Iturbide, a creole leader, and Guerrero, a mestizo leader, were able to unify creole and mestizo populations and successfully led a revolution against the peninsulares. Iturbide was declared king and ruled for about a year, before another revolution removed him from power and established a republic.
Argentina
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
______________ - Military revolutions led by Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martín mestizo and creole forces against Spanish rule.
South America
Brazil
Caribbean
West Indies
After explaining the process of Latin American Revolutions, John Green claims that Latin America’s independence was not very revolutionary. Which of the following was NOT evidence he provided to support this claim?
The past two centuries of Latin American history have seen many military dictatorships that weren’t very free.
Latin America’s patriarchy remained strong.
The Protestant Church remained very powerful.
Latin America’s rigid social hierarchy with wealthy creoles at the top still remained.
The new order that emerged in the late 1800s is often called neo-colonial, or new colonialism. As the name indicates, despite important changes, there were many similarities with Spanish colonial rule. For example, the region continued to be influenced by outside events and foreign nations.
What idea is BEST supported by this paragraph?
The government of newly created Latin American countries had little practical difference from that of Spanish colonialism.
Important changes that followed the end of Spanish colonialism allowed Latin American countries to change completely.
Even though Latin American countries claimed to have their own governments they were still colonies ruled by Spain.
Outside events and foreign nations made Latin American countries decide it was better to return to being colonies of Spain.
