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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