WorksheetsLatin America History Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What led Europeans to bring large numbers of African slaves to South America and the Caribbean in the seventeenth century?
Europeans lacked the knowledge to successfully grow crops in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Europeans hoped to establish the regions as major hubs of trade between Europe and Asia.
Much of the native population who had provided forced labor for the Europeans died from disease.
The discovery of the Northwest Passage improved transportation between the Old and New Worlds.
What are the two primary languages in Latin America?
Portuguese and English
Spanish and Portuguese
English and French
The Cuban Revolution in the 1950s led to the end of the trade relationship between which country and Cuba?
Spain
England
the Soviet Union
the United States
What was one major result of the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s?
The new government encouraged industrialization, leading to rapid economic growth.
The new government established a market economy, causing skilled workers to immigrate to Cuba.
The new government embraced communism, hurting relations between the United States and Cuba.
The new government imposed democratic reforms, giving its citizens new political freedoms
What is the movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration?
Globalization
Transatlantic slave trade
Hacienda
Colombian Exchange
What led to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade in the fifteenth century?
Europeans sought to replace the indigenous people forced to work as slaves after many were killed by diseases.
Europeans needed trading partners because indigenous peoples would not trade with settlers in the Americas.
Europeans wanted to quickly grow their colonial populations in order to provide better defense against attack.
Europeans discovered new resources in the Americas that were in high demand in many African nations.
Who first arrived in the Caribbean islands in the 1500s?
French
Dutch
Spainish
British
The _______ mountians are located along the west coast of South America.
Appalachian
Orizaba
Andes
Brooks
_________ is a long skinny country in South America bordering the Pacific ocean.
Chile
Belize
Guyana
Argentina
Panama is located on this type of landform.
island
coastal plain
archipelago
isthmus
Why is Central and South America called "Latin" America?
The region shares a Roman history.
Latin is the most common language.
Spanish and Portuguese are based on the Latin alphabet.
The Spanish and the Portuguese enforced Latin as the main culture.
What is the most widely practiced religion in Latin America?
Christianity
Southern Baptist
Judaism
Roman Catholic
Who are missionaries?
People on a mission.
People who were teaching Spanish and Portuguese.
People who came to the Americas to spread Christianity.
People sent to Latin America to build cities.
Horses, Coffee, Sugar Cane are examples of goods ...
Sent from the Old World to the New World
Sent from the New World to the Old World
Pumpkins, Turkey, and Squash are examples of...
Goods sent from the Old World to the New World
Goods sent from the New World to the Old World
Spanish conquerors were called...
haciendas
conquistadors
Espanolas
conquesters
Challenges for Latin American governments include...
Poverty
Drugs
Corruption
All of the above
An arrangement between people who benefit from a
certain trade
Latino
cartel
naturalization
to move to another country for job opportunities
narco-terrorism
emigrate
trafficking
violence associated with illegal drug trade
Andean
narco-terrorism
naturalization
the process of gaining citizenship in another country
legally
emigrate
naturalization
rural
the illegal transport of people or illegal drugs
socioeconomic
emigrate
trafficking
Limited education typically leads to:
High quality, high paying jobs
Low quality, low paying jobs
Higher loans
Long commutes
What is a major region for illegal drug trafficking and manufacturing?
Appalachian
Andean
Everest
Africa
What makes the war on drugs difficult in certain areas of Latin America?
The war on drugs is over
It is not difficult
President Clinton won the war
Government corruption
Immigration to the United States is done both legally and illegally.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT how the war on drugs has impacted Latin America.
the population has grown because new people want to join the cartels
led to an outbreak of violence
in certain areas of Latin America.
violence can
be seen through narco-terrorism and drug cartels.
Which of the following is NOT why many Latino Americans have migrated to the United States.
a safer living environment
better job opportunities.
Poverty and the war
on drugs make it difficult for Latin Americans to be
financially successful in Latin America.
Latinos want to become celebrities so they move to Hollywood in California
