SS6H2
  • 1. What group of people originally inhabited Latin America and the Caribbean?
A) The Spanish
B) Native Americans
C) The French
D) The Portuguese
  • 2. What two countries had the most impact on the language, religion, and culture of Latin America?
A) Canada and England
B) France and Germany
C) England and Russia
D) Spain and Portugal
  • 3. What was the impact of the Columbian exchange?
A) agricultural product were exchanged
B) all of these
C) diseeases moved from the old world to the new world
D) animals were exchanged
  • 4. The Aztec empire was located in...
A) Mexico
B) Argentina
C) Angola
D) Peru
  • 5. The Inca empire was located in....
A) Peru
B) Sudan
C) Mexico
D) Brazil
  • 6. Montezuma, the leader of the Aztecs, was defeated by which conquistador?
A) Columbus
B) Prince henry the Navigator
C) Pizarro
D) Cortes
  • 7. Atahualpa, the leader of the Inca, was defeated by which conquistador?
A) Ponce de Leon
B) Cortes
C) Messi
D) Pizarro
  • 8. What impact did the conquistadors have on the native population?
A) Many natives were forced to convert to Christianity
B) Many were forced into slavery
C) all of these
D) many were killed or died of diseases
  • 9. Which best describes Latin American society during the colonial period?
A) slavery was abolished
B) the natives had the most power
C) all people were treated equally
D) people were divided into social classes
  • 10. Which social class was the most powerful?
A) Mestizos
B) Creoles
C) Peninsulares
D) Mulattoes
  • 11. People in the Mestizo class were...
A) European and Native American
B) European and Asian
C) European and African
D) European and Arab
  • 12. What made the Creoles unique?
A) they had contact with aliens and built the pyramids
B) they had native ancestry but were born in Europe
C) They had European ancestry but were born in Latin America
D) they were slaves in disguise as Europeans
  • 13. Toussant L'Ouverture led the revolution in which Caribbean country?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Cuba
C) Jamaica
D) Haiti
  • 14. Migual Hidalgo was a priest and revolutionary leader from...
A) Mexico
B) Cuba
C) Jamaica
D) Venezuela
  • 15. Who led the fight for independence in Venezuela and several other Latin American countries?
A) Simon Bolivar
B) John Lennon
C) George Washington
D) Toussaint L'Ouverture
  • 16. What did Fidel Castro want to achieve in Cuba?
  • 17. What was the aim of the Zapatista movement in Mexico?
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