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WorksheetsQuizizz Cultural Characteristics of Latin America
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Most people in Brazil speak __________, while most people in Colombia speak __________.
French...Spanish
Portuguese . . . Spanish
Spanish . . . Portuguese
Portuguese . . . French
Which of the following statements best explains why people in Latin America first began to practice Christianity?
Native American traders converted to receive better trade terms with Christian merchants.
Christianity was introduced after independence, and the religion quickly spread.
African slaves brought Christianity with them to the New World.
Catholic missionaries often forced native peoples to convert during colonization.
During the colonial period, Spanish missionaries traveled to the New World and converted native peoples to
Islam
Roman Catholicism
Hinduism
Methodism
Development in the vast majority of countries in Latin America is __________
among the highest in the world
at or higher than the global average
among the lowest in the world
either very high or very low; few countries are at the global average
Which of the following statements best explains why Brazil has such a large mulatto population
Many Spanish colonists emigrated to Brazil from Europe.
Brazil had a larger slave population than any other region in the Americas.
Africans emigrated to Brazil in large numbers after independence.
Mulatto peoples historically have had higher birth rates than other groups.
Día de los muertos is a Latin American holiday that honors __________
the Catholic patron saint of farming
ancestors and the dead
independence from Spain
the annual harvest
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?
Mexico
Brazil
Central America
the Caribbean
Other than the US, which country has the most professional players in Major League Baseball?
Cuba
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Capoeira is a form of mixed martial arts that is native to __________
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Peru
Brazil
Most people in Latin America are Catholic. This means that they are also __________.
Christian
European
Portuguese
Mestizo
A trade surplus is
A ban on trade with another country
When a country exports more goods than it imports
An illegal market for goods and services, free of government control
When a market crashes and does not recover
Music in Trinidad and Tobago includes
flutes and wind instruments
piano
the sound of steel drums
hip hop collaborations
