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Latin America Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tenochitilan is present day Mexico CIty.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Fulgencio Batista of Cuba was a dictator who was widely accepted and liked.

a)

False

b)

True

3.

The Andes is the tallest mountain range in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Atacama Desert is the driest hot desert in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Many French citizens living in Haiti fled to what is present day Louisiana after the Haitian Revolution.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

The Bay of Pigs is known for being a successful U.S. intervention in Cuba.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

The U.S. built the Panama Canal after agreeing to help liberate Panama from Columbia.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Cuzco was the capital of the Inca Empire.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese in Latin America.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who led the Haitian Revolution?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

c)

Agustin de Iturbude

d)

Fidel Castro

11.

What event is known as the closes the world came to nuclear war?

a)

WWII

b)

Bay of Pigs

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Spanish American War

12.

What type of government was set up in the 1950's Cuba?

a)

Independent

b)

Republic

c)

Democratic

d)

Communist

13.

Which of these civilizations used floating gardens as a method of farming?

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Nazca

14.

Who is known as the George Washington of Latin America?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Agustin de Iturbide

15.

Name the conquistador that conquered the Aztecs.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Mystery

16.

Name the conquistador that conquered the Incas.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Mystery

17.

What group was the earliest of the mesoamerican civilizations and left behind large stone head sculptures?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Inca

d)

Maya

18.

What are the South American plains of the south that are famous for their cattle?

a)

Pampas

b)

LIanos

c)

Great

d)

Breadbasket

19.

What ancient Latin American empire was largest in terms of size?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Nazca

20.

Who replaced the native population of Hispaniola after they were virtually wiped out by disease?

a)

Spanish

b)

Native Americans

c)

Africans

d)

They were never replaced.

21.

Montezuma II was the leader of what ancient Latin American civilization who was used as a hostage against his own people?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

22.

What group was known for their excellent road system and terraced farming?

a)

Maya

b)

Olmec

c)

Inca

d)

Nazca

23.

What group was known for their work in astronomy and their excellent calendar system?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Nazca

24.

How were the Aztec and Inca empires impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization?

a)

Conquistadors made peace with the empires and then Europeans set up colonies

b)

The Aztec and Inca empires shrank and survived only into the 1700s

c)

Conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements

d)

The Aztec and Inca resisted and expelled both conquistadors and European settlers

25.

Why did Columbus reach the Caribbean islands rather than the East Indies?

a)

He did not know that he had sailed far off course

b)

He greatly underestimated the size of the Earth

c)

He was unaware that Earth was a sphere

d)

He ran out of food and water and landed too soon

26.

The beginning of what industry in Brazil changed it to have a similar colonial structure to Spanish colonies in Latin America

a)

Sugar

b)

Coffee

c)

Tea

d)

Tobacco

27.

Who was essential for combining his troops with Simon Bolivar to liberate Gran Colombia?

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Agustin de Iturbide

d)

Jose de San Martin

28.

What two countries make up Hispaniola today?

a)

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti and Cuba

c)

Cuba and Panama

d)

The Dominican Republic and Ecuador

29.

When Napoleon invaded Portugal, where did the Portuguese royal family make their temporary capital?

a)

Mexico City

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sao Paulo

d)

Havana

30.

Why did many members of the Creole elite support Latin American independence movements?

a)

They wanted to reduce foreign control of their businesses

b)

They wanted to gain higher positions of power in the military

c)

They wanted to gain greater political power

d)

They wanted to help the peasants gain more freedoms and political power

31.

Who put down a peasant revolt in Mexico, only to take power for himself and his allies shortly thereafter?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Augustin de Iturbide

32.

Which of these Latin American nations had the most bloodless movement toward independence?

a)

Mexico

b)

Haiti

c)

Gran Colombia

d)

Brazil

33.

Who led the communist revolution in Cuba?

a)

Fulgencio Batista

b)

Che Guevara

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Raul Castro

34.

What was the botched attempt to overthrow this communist leader from power that was designed by the US?

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

D-Day Invasion

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Operation Desert Storm

35.

How did Latin American leaders react when Napoleon conquered Spain in 1808?

a)

They raised armies to restore Spain's monarchy

b)

They shifted their allegiance from Spain to France

c)

They demanded independence from Spain's colonial rule

d)

They shifted their allegiance from France to Spain

36.

What type of economy in some Latin American countries helps contribute to poverty and shifting prices?

a)

One crop economy

b)

Cash crop economy

c)

Mixed Economy

d)

Command Economy

37.

What foreign policy goal did U.S. leaders pursue in Latin America during the Cold War?

a)

supporting isolationism for South American countries

b)

preventing the spread of democratic governments

c)

preventing the spread of communist governments

d)

funding socialist takeovers of democratic governments

38.

Deforestation

a)

intellectual movement of the 17-18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism

b)

most popular religion in Latin America

c)

major problem in the Amazon Rainforest

d)

the forced labor system that began to be used by the Spanish in the Caribbean

39.

Catholicism

a)

intellectual movement of the 17-18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism

b)

most popular religion in Latin America

c)

major problem in the Amazon Rainforest

d)

the forced labor system that began to be used by the Spanish in the Caribbean

40.

Econmienda

a)

intellectual movement of the 17-18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism

b)

most popular religion in Latin America

c)

major problem in the Amazon Rainforest

d)

the forced labor system that began to be used by the Spanish in the Caribbean

41.

Enlightenment

a)

intellectual movement of the 17-18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism

b)

most popular religion in Latin America

c)

major problem in the Amazon Rainforest

d)

the forced labor system that began to be used by the Spanish in the Caribbean

42.

Mestizo

a)

Those of African and European descent in Latin American colonial society

b)

Those of Indian and European descent in Latin American colonial society

c)

Those of European descent born in Spain in colonial society

d)

Those of European descent born in Latin America in colonial society

43.

Creole

a)

Those of African and European descent in Latin American colonial society

b)

Those of Indian and European descent in Latin American colonial society

c)

Those of European descent born in Spain in colonial society

d)

Those of European descent born in Latin America in colonial society

44.

Mulatto

a)

Those of African and European descent in Latin American colonial society

b)

Those of Indian and European descent in Latin American colonial society

c)

Those of European descent born in Spain in colonial society

d)

Those of European descent born in Latin America in colonial society

45.

Peninsulare

a)

Those of African and European descent in Latin American colonial society

b)

Those of Indian and European descent in Latin American colonial society

c)

Those of European descent born in Spain in colonial society

d)

Those of European descent born in Latin America in colonial society

46.

Most popular sport in Latin America

a)

Baseball

b)

Hockey

c)

Lacross

d)

Futbol

47.

What is the largest rainforest in the world?

a)

Congo

b)

Amazon

c)

Daintree

d)

New Guinea

48.

What country ended up building the Panama Canal?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

USA

d)

Columbia

49.

The Panama Canal links what two bodies of water?

a)

Pacific and Atlantic

b)

Atlantic and Arctic

c)

Pacific and Indian

d)

Atlantic and Indian

50.

Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean are the four regions that make up (a)   .

51.

Which number is Brazil?

a)

1

b)

10

c)

15

d)

8

52.

Which number is Cuba?

a)

25

b)

22

c)

15

d)

6

53.

Which number is Columbia?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

16

d)

9

54.

Which number is Mexico?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

9

55.

Which number is Peru?

a)

3

b)

17

c)

16

d)

9

56.

Which number is the Dominican Republic?

a)

24

b)

17

c)

3

d)

6

57.

Which number is Panama?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

4

d)

18

58.

Which number is Venezuela?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

16

d)

17

59.

Which number is Argentina?

a)

14

b)

11

c)

17

d)

19

60.

Which number is Puerto Rico?

a)

25

b)

22

c)

5

d)

12

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