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Quizizz Cultural Characteristics of Latin America

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most people in Brazil speak __________, while most people in Colombia speak __________.

a)

French...Spanish

b)

Portuguese . . . Spanish

c)

Spanish . . . Portuguese

d)

Portuguese . . . French

2.

Which of the following statements best explains why people in Latin America first began to practice Christianity?

a)

Native American traders converted to receive better trade terms with Christian merchants.

b)

Christianity was introduced after independence, and the religion quickly spread.

c)

African slaves brought Christianity with them to the New World.

d)

Catholic missionaries often forced native peoples to convert during colonization.

3.

During the colonial period, Spanish missionaries traveled to the New World and converted native peoples to

a)

Islam

b)

Roman Catholicism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Methodism

4.

Development in the vast majority of countries in Latin America is __________

a)

among the highest in the world

b)

at or higher than the global average

c)

among the lowest in the world

d)

either very high or very low; few countries are at the global average

5.

Which of the following statements best explains why Brazil has such a large mulatto population

a)

Many Spanish colonists emigrated to Brazil from Europe.

b)

Brazil had a larger slave population than any other region in the Americas.

c)

Africans emigrated to Brazil in large numbers after independence.

d)

Mulatto peoples historically have had higher birth rates than other groups.

6.

Día de los muertos is a Latin American holiday that honors __________

a)

the Catholic patron saint of farming

b)

ancestors and the dead

c)

independence from Spain

d)

the annual harvest

7.

Which of the following regions has a culture based on a mixed African and European heritage, meaning that people practice diverse religions and speak diverse languages?

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Central America

d)

the Caribbean

8.

Other than the US, which country has the most professional players in Major League Baseball?

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Dominican Republic

d)

Colombia

9.

Capoeira is a form of mixed martial arts that is native to __________

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Venezuela

c)

Peru

d)

Brazil

10.

Most people in Latin America are Catholic. This means that they are also __________.

a)

Christian

b)

European

c)

Portuguese

d)

Mestizo

11.

A trade surplus is

a)

A ban on trade with another country

b)

When a country exports more goods than it imports

c)

An illegal market for goods and services, free of government control

d)

When a market crashes and does not recover

12.

Music in Trinidad and Tobago includes

a)

flutes and wind instruments

b)

piano

c)

the sound of steel drums

d)

hip hop collaborations