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WorksheetsHistory of Middle America
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
the area from California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848
Mexican Cession
Mexican Revolution
Mexican Nationalization
Mexican Embargo
armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform
Mexican Cession
Mexican Revolution
Mexican Accommodation
Mexican Nationalization
government taking ownership of a company or industry
accommodate
dominate
nationalize
brutal
government controlled by a single leader
cession
revolution
embargo
dictatorship
a complete ban on trade with a country
embargo
cession
accommodate
nationalization
What European country controlled Mexico and most of Central America from the 1500s until the early 1800s?
Britain
Spain
France
Germany
What worldwide movement promoted ideas such as equality and basic rights?
the Great Awakening
the Glorious Revolution
the Enlightenment
the Protestant Reformation
What future U.S. state did Mexico lose in the 1830s?
Arizona
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
What was the main cause of the Mexican Revolution?
widespread poverty
corrupt government
illegal immigrants
Spanish control
What did Central American countries have to rely on to build their economies following gaining independence?
nationalizing industries
foreign investment
tourism
corrupt leaders
Sugar plantations created the need for an increasing number of (a) .
Toussaint L'Overture led the people of _______ to rebel against their French rulers.
Puerto Rico
the Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
What Caribbean island became and remains a territory of the U.S.?
Jamaica
Cuba
the Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Against what country does the United States have an embargo banning all trade?
Cuba
Belize
Panama
the Dominican Republic
Who led a communist revolution in Cuba?
Porfirio Díaz
Father José Morelos
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
