Latin America History 2017 32 Question Preview (ID: 35825)


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What was the Columbian Exchange?
a) only sending food and people from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)
b) only sending animals and plants from the New World (Americas) to the Old World (Europe)
c) the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North America
d) the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas) and from the New

Which European animal that was brought to the Americas helped the native people hunt and trade over a large area?
a) goat
b) horse
c) pig
d) sheep

Which is one reason Europeans chose slaves from Africa as a labor source in the New World?
a) The New World had diseases that did not affect African workers
b) European workers did not know how to do farm and mining work
c) Indigenous people were in short supply due to warfare and diseases
d) Settlers from Europe did not know how to operate large plantations

What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today
a) Slavery still exists in most Latin American countries
b) Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa
c) Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa
d) The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.

Which two European countries contributed most to the languages of Latin America?
a) England and Spain
b) Spain and Portugal
c) France and Portugal
d) England and Portugal

What is the most common religion of Latin America?
a) Aymara
b) Creole
c) Quechua
d) Roman Catholic

He helped Colombia, Venezuela, AND other South American countries win their independence from Spain. He was so important in Latin American independence movement that a country was named after him. Who is he?
a) Simon Bolivar
b) Miguel Hidalgo
c) Vasco de Gama
d) Toussaint L’Ouverture

Toussaint L’Ouverture was famous for his role in gaining independence for which country?
a) Cuba
b) Haiti
c) Mexico
d) Venezuela

Which country’s government imprisoned Toussaint L’Ouverture?
a) France
b) Great Britain
c) Haiti
d) Spain

Which of these describes Toussaint L’Ouverture?
a) He brought the first slaves to Haiti
b) He introduced Christianity to the Haitian natives.
c) He established a sugar plantation economy in Haiti.
d) He led Haitian slaves in a revolt against French rule.

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