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Chapter 8 South America Today Review Questions Part I
Test Description: South America
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is a popular pastime in South America?
A
table tennis
B
Broadway musicals
C
baseball
D
playing futbol
2) Which of the following is NOT one of the three largest indigenous groups in South America, today?
A
Aymara
B
Munduruku
C
Quechua
D
Guarani
3) Who was the first woman to be elected as president of Chile in 2006?
A
Michelle Bachelet Jeria
B
Alexandra Toledo
C
Cassandra de Janeiro
D
Bonita Julian
4) Which of the following is NOT a way that Bachelet has helped Chile since her election?
A
ease poverty
B
expand social reforms
C
used profits from copper exports to create new employment opportunities
D
waged successful military campaigns against neighboring countries
5) How did the arrival of the Spanish, the Portuguese, and other Europeans during the colonial period change life for indigenous people in South America?
A
disease and warfare decreased native populations
B
Europeans taught native peoples how to read and write
C
Europeans adapted to the natives' languages and cultures
D
they traded with the native people
6) Which indigenous group lives in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia, still speak their native language, and continue to herd llamas and alpacas and grow crops such as potatoes and quinoa?
A
Aymara
B
Guarani
C
Munduruku
D
Quechua
7) Which indigenous group live in the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia whose religious practices are a blend of Catholicism and native beliefs?
A
Guarani
B
Quechua
C
Aymara
D
Munduruku
8) Which indigenous group is the main indigenous group in Paraguay?
A
Munduruku
B
Guarani
C
Quechua
D
Aymara
9) Which indigenous group’s ancestors farmed, hunted, and fished in the rain forest, and how do they adapt to the modern world?
A
Quechua
B
Guarani
C
Munduruku
D
Aymara
10) What are the two predominant, or main languages in South America?
A
French and italian
B
Spanish and English
C
Spanish and Portuguese
D
Portuguese and Italian
11) What did the land extending from Mexico through South America become known as during the 1800s?
A
Latin America
B
Spanish America
C
South America
D
Middle America
12) How many languages are spoken in South America, today?
A
100+
B
4
C
50
D
500+
13) What became the main religion in South America during the colonial period?
A
Buddhism
B
Hinduism
C
Protestantism
D
Roman Catholicism
14) Public education is only provided in the South American countries of Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.
A
True
B
False
15) Argentina has a constitutional government and it has one of the strongest economies in South America.
A
True
B
False
16) Who type of people have many of Peru's leaders favored?
A
the poor
B
women
C
wealthy landowners
D
indigenous people
17) Who is Alejandro Toledo?
A
the dictator of Chile
B
the king of Chile
C
Peru's first Quechua president
D
the first indigenous president of Brazil
18) What did the election of Alejandro Toledo demonstrate?
A
Peru's leaders would only support the wealthy landowners
B
that dictators would always run the country of Peru
C
Peru's government could represent all of its citizens
D
Peru would always have democratically elected presidents
19) What type of government has Chile mostly been since it declared independence in 1818?
A
socialist
B
democratic republic
C
communist
D
dictatorship
20) Who was the the ruthless dictator that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990?
A
Michelle Bachelet Jeria
B
Salvador Sincere
C
Augusto Pinochet
D
Alejandro Toledo
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