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Latin American History Ch. 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The world's largest mountainous barrier is

a)

Cordillera Central

b)

The Amazonian Forest

c)

The Andes

2.

Cities located above sea level

a)

Bogotá

b)

San José

c)

Caracas

d)

Sao Paulo

3.

The most diverse country in terms of geography is

a)

Paraguay

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Panamá

4.

Half of the population of Lat Am is either

a)

Brazilian or Mexican

b)

Argentinian or Mexican

c)

Mexican or Bolivian

5.

Natives believed the shaman provided contact between

a)

Men and women

b)

the mortal and the inmortal

c)

heart and soul

6.

During Muslim dominion, the Iberian peninsula was the land of 3 cultures

a)

Jewish, Arab and Portuguese

b)

Arab, Spanish and Christian

c)

Christian, Arab and Jewish

7.

The Catholic church in Spain was divided between two kinds of clergy

a)

regular and popular

b)

secular and sacred

c)

regular and secular

d)

sacred and popular

8.

The _____________________saw Africans as the continent's most valuable export.

a)

Portuguese

b)

British

c)

Spanish

d)

French

9.

Slavery started when

a)

Portuguese became interested in African men

b)

Africans sold their own prisoners of war

c)

Africans offered themselves to travel across the continent

d)

Europeans blackmailed African leaders

10.

Latin American early civilizations didn't use

a)

steel and gold

b)

steel and iron

c)

gold and silver

d)

iron and copper

11.

A "mestizo" is a mixture of indigenous and European.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Tegucigalpa es la capital de

a)

El Salvador

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Honduras

d)

México

13.

Rio de Janeiro es la capital de

a)

Brasil

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Ecuador

d)

ninguna de las anteriores

14.

La Habana es la capital de

a)

República Dominicana

b)

Belice

c)

Cuba

d)

Jamaica

15.

La capital de Bolivia es

a)

Quito

b)

Sucre

c)

La Paz

d)

Buenos Aires

16.

La capital de Paraguay es

a)

Bogotá

b)

Puerto Príncipe

c)

Montevideo

d)

Asunción

17.

Quito es la capital de

a)

Uruguay

b)

Perú

c)

Ecuador

d)

Guatemala

18.

Quito es la capital de

a)

Guatemala

b)

Perú

c)

Ecuador

d)

Paraguay

19.

The Mayans settled in the following countries

a)

Guatemala and Honduras

b)

México and El Salvador

c)

Guatemala and México

d)

Honduras and El Salvador

20.

The Incas settled in

a)

Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia

b)

Perú

c)

Perú, Argentina and Chile

d)

Bolivia, Ecuador and Perú

21.

The quechua is a dialect spoken by

a)

Tupí

b)

Aztecs

c)

Incas

d)

Mayas