Latin America EQ4,6
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- Q1Which animal helped native people hunt and trade over a larger area?pigsheepgoathorse30s
- Q2What was the Colombian Exchange?The moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North AmericaThe moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old.sending food and people from the Old World to the New Worldsending animals and plants from the Old World to the New World30s
- Q3Which foods came to Europe from Central and South America?sugar peaches, cocoacoffee sugar, wheatcorn, peppers, potatoes, tomatoespeaches, coffee, wheat30s
- Q4Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World?peasants from Spain and Portugalindigenous people of Central and South Americaslaves from Africasettlers that came from Europe30s
- Q5Which is one reason Europeans chose slaves from Africa as a labor source in the New World?Settlers from Europe did not know how to operate large plantations.Indigenous people were in short supply due to warfare and diseases.European workers did not know how to do farm and mining work.The new World had diseases that did not affect African workers.30s
- Q6When did slavery end for most parts of Latin America?when the people of the country voted to free the slavesafter the slaves revoltedas countries got independence from Europeafter the kings of Spain and Portugal outlawed slavery30s
- Q7What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa.The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.Slavery exists in few Latin American countries.Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa.30s
- Q8Slavery helped to build the countries of Latin America, but much of the wealth was shipped to Europe. Today, one effect of that situation isthere are few people in Latin America with African ancestors.Latin American countries do not have good workers.many Latin American countries are very poor.people in Latin America are trying to move to Europe.30s
- Q9Which two European countries contributed most to the languages of Latin America?Spain and PortugalEngland and SpainEngland and PortugalFrance and Portugal30s
- Q10Spanish and Portuguese are important in Latin America because they arespoken by everyone in Latin America.the two main spoken languages.understood by government workers and businessmen.the only official languages.30s
- Q11What is the most common religion of Latin America?AymaraCreoleQuechuaRoman Catholic30s
- Q12How did the Spanish government have an influence on the spread of the Roman Catholic Church in the New World?The Catholic Church controlled Spain.It paid to build missions to bring Christianity to the native population.Churches from other parts of the world did not send missionaries to the New World.Spanish royalty did not support the Catholic Church.30s
- Q13What was the main job of the priests, friars, and monks sent by Spain to the New World?minister to the armies of the Spanish kingfind food and shelter for the poorbuild missions to serve the settlersconvert the Indians to Christianity30s
- Q14Toussaint L'Ouverture was famous for his role in gaining independence for which country?CubaHaitiMexicoVenezuela30s
- Q15Which country's government imprisoned Toussaint L'Ouverture?Great BritainHaitiSpainFrance30s