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Latin America History

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  • Q1
    Which native group lived in the Andes Mountains of South America?
    Incas
    Aztecs
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  • Q2
    Which native group built chinampas, or floating gardens, to grow food?
    Incas
    Aztecs
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  • Q3
    Which native group was conquered by Hernando Cortes?
    Incas
    Aztecs
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  • Q4
    Which conquistador conquered the Inca?
    Francisco Pizzaro
    Heranando Cortes
    Fidel Castro
    Simon Bolivar
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  • Q5
    What was transported to the Americas during the "Middle Passage" of triangular trade?
    manufactured goods
    raw materials
    gold
    slaves
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  • Q6
    What was a very deadly weapon that the Conquistadors brought with them to the Americas that the Natives were not able to fight against successfully?
    arrows
    diseases
    knives
    guns
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  • Q7
    What Ancient American civilization built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, in the middle of a lake?
    Incas
    Aztecs
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  • Q8
    Latin America is not as wealthy as the United States and Canada. What type of countries are in Latin America?
    developing nations
    high standard nations
    rich nations
    developed nations
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  • Q9
    What country sends the largest number of immigrants to the United States?
    Russia
    Canada
    Mexico
    Brazil
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  • Q10
    What type of government was established in Cuba after the revolution?
    democracy
    capitalist
    dictatorship
    Communism
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  • Q11
    What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?
    To end Spanish rule of Cuba
    To start the Cuban Revolution
    To remove Fidel Castro from power
    To fight for poor farmers
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  • Q12
    How did the United States respond to Russia's attempt to put nuclear missiles in Cuba?
    The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb
    The U.S. invaded Cuba
    The U.S. used a naval blockade to stop the shipments of missiles.
    The U.S. attacked the ships
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  • Q13
    What type of relationship exists between the United States and Cuba today?
    They are allies.
    The two countries have no relationship.
    The countries are normaizing.
    They are trading partners.
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  • Q14
    Many Cubans left the island after the 1959 Revolution to live in the United States. What is a name for these Cubans?
    Guerillas
    Exiles
    Tourists
    Entrepreneurs
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  • Q15
    Who is the current president of Cuba.
    Fulgencio Batista
    Raul Castro
    Fidel Castro
    Miguel Diaz-Canel
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  • Q16
    What are the illegal business in Latin America that produce and sell drugs?
    Corporations
    Narco-Terrorism
    Communists
    Cartels
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  • Q17
    What type of government allows the government to take over private businesses, own them, and decide what they will produce?
    Theocracy
    Market
    Democracy
    Communism
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  • Q18
    What is the process that one must follow to become a citizen of another country?
    Trafficking
    Normalization
    Naturalization
    Immigration
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  • Q19
    Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
    Fidel Castro
    Nikita Kruschev
    John F. Kennedy
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  • Q20
    Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
    Nikita Kruschev
    JFK
    Fidel Castro
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