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