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WorksheetsLatin America Test Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
NAFTA/USMCA is an agreement between all of the following countries EXCEPT
United States
Mexico
Great Britain
Canada
What is the purpose of NAFTA/USMCA?
To increase trade between all countries
To help Canada become a more independent nation
To eliminate the environmental issues between the nations involved
People whose ancestry includes both indigenous and Spanish heritage are
mestizos
indios
peninsulares
carillos
Foreign-owned factories located in Mexico along the border with the United States are called
encomiendas
haciendas
maquiladoras
favelas
Brazilian Portuguese for slum, is a low-income historically informal urban area in Brazil
Catholicism
Favelas
Colonization
Pampas
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Invented by the Aztecs, this floating garden was invented to grow crops.
Slash and Burn
Terrace Farming
Convert
Chinampas
This method of growing crops on a wide shelf of land cut into a hillside or mountain is known as a(n)________
Chinampas
Slash and Burn
Triangular Trade
Terrace Farming
Treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing newly discovered lands between them.
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spice Islands
How did the opening of the Panama Canal stimulate long-term economic activity in the United States?
The Panama Canal allowed for increased trade by reducing the physical barriers between the US and countries with Pacific Ocean ports.
The US hired numerous construction workers to undertake the construction and maintenance of the Panama Canal.
Trading ships from the US were unable to access Panamanian ports before the opening of the Panama Canal.
Once the Panama Canal opened, Panamanian traders were able to travel along the canal and access to US ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
Which river is the 2nd largest river in the world?
Nile River
Mississippi River
Amazon River
Colorado River
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
Caribbean Sea
Pampas
Sierra Madre Mountains
Andes Mountains
The use of terrace farming by the Incas was an adaptation to:
Mountains
Latitude
Weather
Longitude
One reason Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs was that-
Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence
Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs
The Spanish Calvary outnumbered the Aztec warriors
Spanish military possessed superior military technology and diseases
A study of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca agricultural systems would show that these civilizations...
relied on mechanized agricultural techniques
carried on extensive trade in crops with each other
relied on a single-crop economy
adapted to their environments with creative farming techniques
The Aztec calendar and the Maya use of zero both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas...
traded extensively with Africa
made advances in mathematics and science
declined because of invasion and disease
converted to Islam
This image depicts the Aztec belief that-
All of the answers are beliefs of the Aztecs
They believed the sacrifice was necessary to keep the universe in motion
The Aztecs believed that the Sun God needed human blood to continue his daily journeys across the sky
Captured warriors from other tribes were sacrificed as well as Aztecs who volunteered for this honor
The Aztecs were eventually conquered by __________, and the Inca were conquered by __________.
Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Balboa
Hernando Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Balboa
Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro
Where were the Maya located?
A
B
C
Where were the Aztecs located?
A
B
C
Where are the Andes Mountains?
A
B
C
Where were the Incas located?
A
B
C
Which civilization was located around Lake Texcoco?
the Aztec civilization
the Mayan civilization
the Inca civilization
the Chumash civilization
Tenochtitlan was ________.
a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City
an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain
the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered
a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures
What is the official language of Brazil?
French
Brazilian
Portuguese
Spanish
Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?
The spread of disease killed millions of people.
Agriculture spread to more regions.
The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.
Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.
Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.
The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?
Cartaz system
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Columbian Exchange
A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Mulatto
Peninsulare
Conquistador
Creole
