Latin America History
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- Q1Which animal helped Latin Americans hunt and trade over a larger area that was brought from the Old World during the Columbian Exchange?PigSheepHorseCow30s
- Q2Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World?settlers that came from Europepeasants from Spainindigenous people from South Americaslaves from Africa30s
- Q3What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?slavery still existsLatin America has no people with ancestors from Africathe people of Latin America accept slavery as a part of their livesmany Latin American countries have ancestors from Africa30s
- Q4What is the most common religion of Latin America?ChristianityJudiasmSanteriaRoman Catholic30s
- Q5The most common language in Latin America isEnglishFrenchSpanishPortuguese30s
- Q6In Latin America, the blending of Europeans and Indigenous ethnic group is called _______.MulattoesMestizosChristianFrench30s
- Q7What happened that created a demand for Africans in the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?diseases killed Africansdiseases killed Native AmericansNative Americans migrated to Europeindigenous workers went on strike30s
- Q8Why do the majority of people in Latin America speak Spanish and practice Catholicism?language and beliefs come from one indigenous groupcolonized by the same African countryestablished by leaders of independencecolonized by same European country30s
- Q9What is the exchange of goods, plants, ideas and animals from, the New World to the Old World known as?The Middle passageTriangular tradeThe Colombian exchangeThe Independence fight30s
- Q10Who was the leader of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution? What type of government?Batista/DemocracyBatista/AutocracyCastro/CommunismCastro/Democracy30s
- Q11What did the United States do to Cuba after it became communist?put a quota on goods from Cubainstalled missiles in Florida facing Cubaimposed an embargo on Cubaassassinated Fidel Castro30s
- Q12What type of economic system did Cuba establish after the Cuban Revolution?TraditionalcommunismMarketMixed30s
- Q13A tense 2 week period between the US and the USSR over nuclear missiles in Cuba......Capitalist Missile CrisisNaval BockadeCuban Missile CrisisCommunist Revolution30s
- Q14Latin America is ethnically diverse because of a blending of _________Indigenous Americans, Europeans, and AfricansIndigenous Americans, Asian, and AfricansEuropeans, Africans, and AsiansAmericans Asians, and Europeans30s
- Q15Which Latin American country is the only one whose language and culture have been greatly influenced by Portugal?BrazilCubaMexicoColombia30s