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What were the most important crops being grown in Latin America during the New World time period on plantations?
a) sugar cane and coffee
b) rice and corn
c) beans and wheat
d) cocoa and oranges

What deadly disease was brought by Europeans to the New World that wiped out the native people?
a) Pneumonia
b) Smallpox
c) Cancer
d) Heart Disease

After the native people of Latin America were wiped out by disease people were brought from what continent to work on plantations?
a) Europe
b) Asia
c) Australia
d) Africa

What was mined by enslaved Africans in the Americas?
a) oil and coal
b) silver and rubies
c) gold and diamonds
d) emeralds and salt

What is a plantation?
a) huge farm
b) deserted wasteland
c) small city
d) river boat

What two major languages were brought from Europe to the Latin America part of New World starting in 1492?
a) English and German
b) Spanish and Portuguese
c) Chinese and French
d) Russian and Italian

Why do most Latin American countries speak Spanish?
a) Latin Americans created the Spanish language
b) most of Latin America was colonized by Spain
c) English was to hard to learn
d) Spain defeated Portugal in 1611

Why is Portuguese spoken in Brazil?
a) Spanish was to hard to learn
b) the native Indians had always spoken Portuguese
c) Brazil was colonized by Portugal
d) the Portuguese language was created by Brazil

Spanish, Portuguese, and French came from what Latin Laguage?
a) Slavic
b) Cyrilic
c) Germanic
d) Romance

What major religion was brought from Europe to Latin America?
a) Judaism
b) Roman Catholicism
c) Islam
d) Buddism

What is a Mestizo?
a) a mixture of European and Indian ancestry
b) a mixture of European and African ancestry
c) a mixture of African and Indian ancestry
d) a mixture of Asian and Australian ancestry

What is a person of mixed European and African ancestry referred to as?
a) Mestizos
b) Aztecs
c) Mulattoes
d) Incas

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