LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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SS6H1a: Question One
Who was the leader of the Spanish soldiers
who conquered the Aztec Empire in Central
America in the 1500s?
Hernando Cortes
SS6H1a: Question Two
What did Montezuma do to Cortes and his
men when they arrived in Tenochtitlan?
Welcomed them because they thought he
was a god.
SS6H1a: Question Three
Atahualpa is to the Incas as Montezuma is
to the Aztecs.
SS6H1a: Question Four
Why were Cortes and his men able to defeat the Aztecs?
Because the Spanish had guns and cannons. They also made friends with Indians who did not like the Aztecs and captured Montezuma.
SS6H1a: Question Five
Who was the leader of the Spanish soldier
who conquered the Inca Empire in the
1500?
Francisco Pizarro
SS6H1a: Question Six
Why was Pizarro able to conquer the Inca
Empire?
Because he surprised the emperor’s army
and took the emperor hostage.
SS6H1a: Question Seven •. Which choice puts the following events in the correct order?
1. Pizarro learns that the Inca emperor is very wealthy.2. The Inca emperor, Atahualpa, is executed.3. Pizarro attacks the Inca emperor.4. The Spanish king allows Pizarro to attack the Inca.
B. 1, 4, 3, 2
SS6H1a: Question Eight
◦Why were Cortes and Pizarro able to
conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
European diseases killed many Native Central
Americans who might have fought the
Spanish.
SS6H1b: Question Nine
◦Which animal helped native people hunt
and trade over a larger area?
The horse
SS6H1b: Question Ten
◦What was the Columbian Exchange?
The moving of animals, plants, people and
diseases from the Old World to the New world
and from the New World to the Old World.
SS6H1b: Question Eleven
◦Which foods came to Europe from Central
and South America?
Corn, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes
SS6H1b: Question Twelve
◦Use these statements to answer question 12:1.Coffee and sugar were introduced.2.Diseases from Europe killed a large part of the population.3.The horse changed the life and culture of many indigenous people.4.Indigenous people began plantations to grow sugar cane and coffee
Which items show results of the Columbian exchange?
B. 1, 2, 3
.
SS6H2a: Question Thirteen
◦Which is one reason Europeans chose
slaves from Africa as a labor source in the
New World?
Indigenous people were short in supply due
to warfare and diseases
SS6H2b: Question Fourteen
◦Which Latin-American country is the only one
whose language and culture have been
greatly influenced by Portugal, because it was
the only colony of Portugal in Latin America?
Brazil
SS6H2b: Question Fifteen
◦Spain colonized many countries in Latin
America. How is Spain's influence still seen
in these countries today?
Most of the people in these countries are
Roman Catholic.
SS6H2b: Question Sixteen
◦Which country had the most significant
impact on the language and religion of
Latin America?
Spain
SS6H2b: Question Seventeen
◦A book about the history of Latin America
during the 1800s featuring Toussaint
L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel
Hidalgo, would most likely have which title?
Independence Movements in Latin America
SS6H2c: Question Eighteen
◦After a ten-year struggle, Haiti was the first nation in Latin America to gain independence in 1804. How did Haiti win its independence?
In a revolt led by a former slave, Toussaint L’Ouverture.
SS6H2c: Question Nineteen
◦What country controlled Saint Dominque
which later became Haiti?
France
SS6H2c: Question TwentyUse the information in the box to answer question 20.•A Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader•Leader for Mexican Independence•Supported by many Indians in Mexico•Captured and executed in 1811
All of these are describing:
A. Simon Bolivar
SS6H2c: Question Twenty-One
◦Who was "The Liberator" who led
Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, and
Ecuador in their successful fight for
independence?
Simon Bolivar
SS6H2c: Question Twenty-Two
◦Which country did Bolivar and his fellow
fight against?
Spain
Review: Question Twenty-Three
◦What are the three main sources of cultural
groups in Latin America? (Read carefully)
Africans, Europeans, Native Americans
Review: Question Twenty-Four
◦After the arrival of the Portuguese and Spanish
explorers, many of the indigenous peoples of
Latin America: Were enslaved in sugar and
coffee bean plantations and mineral mines,
became sick and died from exposure to diseases
and fought unsuccessfully against the
conquistadors from Spain and Portugal
Review: Question Twenty-Five
◦The modern-day religions, languages, and
cultural aspects of Latin America result
from: blending European, African, and
Indigenous cultures over time.
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