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Latin American History

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New World

a)

General term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; this is in contrast to the "Old World" of the eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

b)

The native people of a place

c)

People whose purpose is to convert indigenous people to Christianity

d)

Referring to the nations and cultures of the European peninsula containing Spain and Portugal

2.

Indigenous

a)

Conquerors from Spain

b)

Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period

c)

The native people of a place

d)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

3.

Conquistadors

a)

Process of interaction and integration among various parts of the world through commercial and cultural exchange

b)

Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period

c)

Conquerors from Spain

d)

Referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin-speaking Roman Empire

4.

Globalization

a)

Refers to the countries in the Eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

b)

Referring to the nations and cultures of the European peninsula containing Spain and Portugal

c)

The largest denomination of Christianity in the world to date. Also the most practiced religion in Latin America.

d)

Process of interaction and integration among various parts of the world through commercial and cultural exchange

5.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

a)

The enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million Africans to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries to replace the indigenous people who died

b)

Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period

c)

General term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; this is in contrast to the "Old World" of the eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

d)

Referring to the nations and cultures of the European peninsula containing Spain and Portugal

6.

Missionaries

a)

Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period

b)

Referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin-speaking Roman Empire

c)

Conquerors from Spain

d)

People whose purpose is to convert indigenous people to Christianity

7.

Hacienda

a)

Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period

b)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

c)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

d)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

8.

Columbian Exchange

a)

The native people of a place

b)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

c)

The largest denomination of Christianity in the world to date. Also the most practiced religion in Latin America.

d)

Refers to the countries in the Eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

9.

Old World

a)

Refers to the countries in the Eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

b)

Referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin-speaking Roman Empire

c)

Process of interaction and integration among various parts of the world through commercial and cultural exchange

d)

People whose purpose is to convert indigenous people to Christianity

10.

Romance

a)

The enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million Africans to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries to replace the indigenous people who died

b)

Conquerors from Spain

c)

Referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin-speaking Roman Empire

d)

Referring to the nations and cultures of the European peninsula containing Spain and Portugal

11.

Roman Catholic

a)

The largest denomination of Christianity in the world to date. Also the most practiced religion in Latin America.

b)

The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration.

c)

General term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; this is in contrast to the "Old World" of the eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe

d)

The native people of a place

12.

Iberian

a)

People whose purpose is to convert indigenous people to Christianity

b)

Process of interaction and integration among various parts of the world through commercial and cultural exchange

c)

Referring to the nations and cultures of the European peninsula containing Spain and Portugal

d)

Refers to the countries in the Eastern hemisphere, particularly Europe