WorksheetsLatin America test study guide
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 20mins
This high-altitude biome includes landscapes filled with snow-capped peaks, large grasslands, high lakes, plateaus, and valleys. Extreme temperature changes make it like summer by day and winter by night.
Tropical Forest
Tropical Grassland
Mediterranean
Mountain Grassland
Temperate Forest
This biome is in dry areas where rainfall is less than 50 centimeters (20 inches) per year. Vegetation and wildlife here must adapt to survive in a dry environment.
Tropical Forest
Tropical Grassland
Mediterranean
Desert
Temperate Forest
This biome has hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.
Tropical Forest
Tropical Grassland
Mediterranean
Mountain Grassland
Temperate Forest
This hot, humid area has tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall along with many species of plants and animals.
Tropical Forest
Tropical Grassland
Mediterranean
Mountain Grassland
Temperate Forest
This biome has rich, fertile soil for farming and predictable rainfall patterns. There are wide expanses of land filled with low growing plants such as grasses and wildflowers and is good for grazing livestock.
Tropical Forest
Tropical Grassland
Mediterranean
Mountain Grassland
Temperate Forest
This biome is filled with different types of trees and has a moderate temperature, four separate seasons, lots of rainfall, and fertile soil.
Tropical Forest
Temperate Forest
Mediterranean
Mountain Grassland
Tropical Grassland
Which event happened first?
Immigrants to Latin America have included large numbers of people of Italian, Lebanese, and Japanese descent.
Europeans imported enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations and in mines.
Indigenous cultures such as the Maya and Inca flourished in Latin America.
Europeans colonized and ruled Latin America for hundreds of years.
Which event happened second?
Immigrants to Latin America have included large numbers of people of Italian, Lebanese, and Japanese descent.
Europeans imported enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations and in mines.
Indigenous cultures such as the Maya and Inca flourished in Latin America.
Europeans colonized and ruled Latin America for hundreds of years.
Which event happened third?
Immigrants to Latin America have included large numbers of people of Italian, Lebanese, and Japanese descent.
Europeans imported enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations and in mines.
Indigenous cultures such as the Maya and Inca flourished in Latin America.
Europeans colonized and ruled Latin America for hundreds of years.
Which event happened fourth?
Immigrants to Latin America have included large numbers of people of Italian, Lebanese, and Japanese descent.
Europeans imported enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations and in mines.
Indigenous cultures such as the Maya and Inca flourished in Latin America.
Europeans colonized and ruled Latin America for hundreds of years.
Most Latin America was colonized by which European nation?
Russia
China
Spain
Germany
What type of colony was set up in the Caribbean and South America?
Plantation
farms/farming
Astronomy
Camps
The nations that settled in the New World were: the Netherlands, England, France, _______ and ______.
China & Russia
Spain & Poland
Belgium & Portugal
Spain & Portugal
True or False? The Portuguese and other European countries began to import Africans as laborers because the Native Americans began to die of overwork, starvation, and diseases.
(a)
In this type of democracy, the leader works through the legislature.
Parliamentary
Presidential
Direct democracy
All of the above
Both; Parliamentary and Presidential
This branch of government makes the country’s laws.
Chief Executive
Judiciary
Legislative
What is the most important responsibility of citizens in a democracy?
Paying taxes
Working
Voting
In this type of government, citizens have virtually no role because all the decisions are made by a single leader.
Autocracy
Democracy
This country is the only autocratic government in Latin America.
Costa Rica
Cuba
Peru
Uruguay
In an autocracy, changes in government typically occur through _______.
Votes
Violence
Asking the leader
What type of democracy is found in Mexico and Brazil?
Presidential
Parliamentary
Because the executive and legislative branches are separate in a presidential democracy, there is a system of ___________ in place.
Checks & Balances
Push & Pulls
Communication
What word means moving permanently to a new location? (1 answer)
Immigration
Moving
Migration
Traveling
Push or Pull factor?
Strong education system
(a)
Push or Pull factor?
Natural disaster(s)
(a)
Push or Pull factor?
Lack of freedoms
(a)
Push or Pull factor?
Great health care
(a)
Push or Pull factor?
More employment options
(a)
The Latin American celebration of Carnival is evidence of what?
the many diverse cultures in Latin America.
Latin Americas religion
Their unique foods
What statement describes the current status of some cultural traditions started by the Incas?
Old Inca religious traditions
What people farm/eat
Old Inca languages that are still spoken in some places.
Why were African slaves brought to Latin America?
To help farm and prepare food for the European colonists.
The European colonists needed workers for sugar plantations.
To help European colonists with chores and cleaning.
Which element of mariachi music reflects the influence of Mexico’s Jalisco region?
Different types of musics that the mariachi music influenced.
The group wearing unique and traditional cowboy costumes.
When people in the group danced dramatically while preforming the music.
Where did the practice of Voodoo originate?
Chengdu which is in China.
Moscow which is in Russia.
Yoruba which is in Africa.
What is the most common religion that is practiced in Latin America?
Christianity
Roman Catholicism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Which cultural characteristic(s) is common in Latin America that is evidence of strong European influences on the region?
The peoples literature and food that they developed from European countries.
The peoples religion coming from European countries
People speak the languages of the colonizing countries, especially Spain and Portugal.
How has the role of government changed in many Latin American countries in recent years? How has it affected the economies of those countries?
The governments have allowed more freedom and free-market economies.
Economies have stayed the same, but governments have allowed a little bit more freedom.
Economies have changed to free-market economies, but there are restrictions to that.
True or False?
Over the last few decades, Latin American nations have shifted from agricultural economies based on a single crop to more diverse economies with manufacturing and service sectors.
(a)
