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