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Story of the World: Early Modern Times Chapter 34

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ______ was a person born in the Spanish colonies.

a)

crayon

b)

creole

c)

crow

2.

______ was the capital city of Venezuela.

a)

Cairo

b)

Copenhagen

c)

Caracas

3.

The people of Venezuela gave Simón Bolívar the title _______.

a)

El Libertador or The Liberator

b)

El Propietario or Lord of the Land

c)

El dueño or Duke of Dungeons

4.

José de San Martín drove the Spanish out of ______, the capital of Peru.

a)

Lisbon

b)

Lima

c)

London

5.

San Martín marched his army across the ____ Mountains.

a)

Appalachian

b)

Atlas

c)

Andes

6.

The South American country of ____ was named in honor of Simón Bolívar.

a)

Bangladesh

b)

Bolivia

c)

Belarus

7.

Who first tried to convince the people of Venezuela to drive out the Spanish?

a)

Simón Bolívar

b)

Francisco de Miranda

c)

José de San Martín

d)

d. Joseph Bonaparte

8.

How did Napoleon provide Venezuela with a chance to be free?

a)

He took the throne away from the Spanish king and occupied the Spanish army.

b)

He sent his brother with an army to help the people of Venezuela.

c)

He invaded Venezuela’s neighbors.

d)

all of the above

9.

Which South American colonies had already declared their independence?

a)

Paraguay and Uruguay

b)

Chile and New Granada

c)

Uruguay and Patagonia

d)

Paraguay and Argentina

10.

Where did Bolívar go when he was forced to flee Venezuela the first time?

a)

New Granada

b)

Paraguay

c)

Argentina

d)

Chile

11.

The Spanish convinced the ____ to fight against Bolívar.

a)

Africans

b)

poorer cowboys

c)

Native Americans

d)

wealthy landowners

12.

Who helped Bolívar take back control of Venezuela from Spain the second time?

a)

the emperor of Haiti

b)

the English

c)

the new French king

d)

the United States

13.

Which of the following was NOT one of the states in La Republica de Colombia?

a)

New Granada

b)

Venezuela

c)

Quito (Ecuador)

d)

Peru

14.

What did San Martín want to do to convince his people he was a good leader?

a)

drive the Spanish out of all of the South American colonies

b)

capture Bolívar and turn him over to the Spanish

c)

unite the countries of South America

d)

take back a port that Bolívar had captured

15.

Simón Bolívar was born in Spain but moved to Venezuela when he was six.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

After Spain regained control of Venezuela, Bolívar fled to America.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The “Letter from Jamaica” detailed Bolívar’s plans for the South American colonies to become states of one strong country.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Many rebel leaders in South America thought that Bolívar was too anxious for power.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Before Simón Bolívar died, he said that South Americans were not ready to be free.

a)

True

b)

False