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Revolutions in Latin America

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

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1.

Which of the following is considered a cause of the revolutions in Latin America?

a)

the failure of previous revolutions

b)

the success of the American Revolution

c)

violent civil wars

d)

all of the choices are correct

2.

Which of the following places, with which of the following leaders, won independence from France and became the only non-slave nation in the western hemisphere?

a)

Mexico; Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Venezuela; Simon Bolivar

c)

Haiti; Toussaint L'Ouverture

d)

Brazil; Dom Pedro

3.

Who was the Mexican priest that started the long revolt against Spanish rule? And how did he do it?

a)

Miguel Hidalgo; gave an inspirational speech

b)

Simon Bolivar; created Gran Columbia

c)

Jose de San Martin; marched across the Andes Mountains

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture; led a slave revolt

4.

Which of the following events was the spark that set off widespread revolutions in Latin America?

a)

the American Revolution

b)

Napoleon's invasion of Spain

c)

uprisings in Australia

d)

the Russian Revolution

5.

Simon Bolivar was disappointed when ________________ delayed South America's progress after independence.

a)

political in-fighting and civil wars

b)

Jose de San Martin's speech

c)

Napoleon's invasion of Spain

d)

all of the choices are correct

6.

Which of the following describes Dom Pedro?

a)

he became the leader of an independent Brazil

b)

he was the son of the King of Portugal

c)

he granted independence to Brazil

d)

all of the choices are correct

7.

Which of the following describes the revolution in Haiti?

a)

it cost more lives than the other revolutions in Latin America

b)

they were fighting to be liberated from Spanish control

c)

the revolution was led by a local priest

d)

all of the choices are correct

8.

Educated creoles in Latin America were most influenced by:

a)

Spain's cruelty towards women

b)

Enlightenment ideas and revolutions in other lands

c)

peninsulares controlling all of the social events

d)

Bolivar's vow to free his country

9.

Which of the following was an unfortunate outcome of the revolutions in Latin America?

a)

creoles lost all of their privileges

b)

peninsulares moved to the top of the social hierarchy

c)

Napoleon put his brother on the throne in Spain

d)

life didn't get any better for most people

10.

Newly independent nations in Latin America struggled economically due to:

a)

an unfavorable balance of trade

b)

new trade laws that were imposed

c)

high tariffs on Russian goods

d)

the triangular trade