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Latin America Unit Exam
Directions: Write the letter of the correct anwer choice on your answer
document. Use CAPITAL LETTERS.
SS6H3 The student will analyze important 20th century issues in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
1. Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
John F. Kennedy
Fulgencio Batista
2. What type of government did Castro create in Cuba?
a. Oligarchy
b. Communist
c. Democratic
d. Confederacy
3. What was one reaction the United States had to Cuba taking over property owned by
Americans?
a. The United States threatened a nuclear attack.
b. The United States put an embargo on Cuban goods.
c. The United States wanted Cuba to trade with other countries.
d. An agreement was reached to limit the number of Cubans entering the United
States
4. The Zapatistas did not like NAFTA because they believed it would
a. Mean U.S. factories would move to Mexico.
b. Force Mexicans to move to the United States.
c. Hurt businesses in Canada and the United States.
d. Cause poor Mexican farmers to go out of business.
Latin America SS6G3
5. What connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
a. a. Caribbean Sea
b. Panama Canal
c. Gulf of Mexico
6. What is the mountain range in Mexico?
a. a. Sierra Madre
b. Andes Mountains
c. Atacama Desert
7. What is the largest country in South America?
a. a. Bolivia
b. Colombia
c. Brazil
8. What country shares a border with the United States?
a. a. Mexico
b. Haiti
c. Florida
9. One of the largest urban areas in the world is centered around:
a. a. Mexico City
b. Venezuela
c. Panama
SS6H1 and SS6H2 Latin America Cultural Influence
10. Who conquered the Aztecs?
a. a. Hernan Cortes
11. Who conquered the Incas?
a. a. Hernan Cortes
Columbus
b. Montezuma
c. Simon Bolivar
b. Francisco Pizzaro
c. Christopher
12. What helped Spanish explorers defeat the Incas and Aztecs?
a. a. Smallpox/disease
b. Sugar Cane
c. Tropical Climate
13. Who brought independence to Columbia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and
Bolivia?
a. a. Simon Bolivar
b. Toussaint L’Ouverture c. Miguel Hidalgo
14. What Catholic priest started the independence movement in Mexico?
a. a. Miguel Hidalgo
b. Simon Bolivar
c. Toussaint L’Ouverture
SS6G4 b. Literacy Rates in Latin America
15. Which is often an effect of a high literacy rate?
a. A higher illiteracy rate b. Lower education
b. d. A higher standard of living
c. A lower standard of living
16. Why do some countries have higher literacy rates for boys than for girls?
a. Boys enjoy learning to read and write more than girls do
b. Girls enjoy learning to read and write more than boys do
c. Some cultures believe that it is not important for girls to learn to read and write as
it is for boys.
d. Some cultures believe that it is inot important for boys to learn to read and write
as it is for girls.
SS6G4 a.Blending of Ethnic Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean
17. In Latin America and the Caribbean, people with which ethnic background often have
better jobs and more money?
a. African b. European c. Mestizo
d. Native American
SS6G4b. Languages of Latin America
18. What are the two primary languaages of Latin America?
a. English and French b. French and Spanish c. Portuguese and English
b. d. Spanish and Portuguese
SS6G1 Latin America Geography
1
2
3
8
7
4
5
6
a. Use the map above. Choose the best answer for questions 20-27.
19. Which physical feature is found near the “1” on the map?
20. Which physical feature is found near the “6” on the map?
21. At which number on the map is the Caribbean Sea?
22. The Amazon River is found, at which number on the map?
23. Which physical feature is found near the “5” on the map?
24. Which physical feature is found near the “3” on the map?
25. Which political feature is found near the “7” on the map?
26. Which poltical feature is found near the “8” on the map?
SS6CG1 a Describe the way government systems distribute power
27. In a confederation government power lies with……
a. The people
b. The central government
b. A constitution
b. c. A constitution.
d. The governments of member countries
28. Which type of government divides power between the central government and smaller
units like states?
a. a. Confederation b. Federal c. Toltalitarian d. Unitary
SS6CG1 b. How governments determine citizen participation
29. Which form of government puts the power of the government in a single person?
a. Autocracy b. Direct Democracy c. Oligarchy d. Representative Democracy
SS6CG1 c Two predominant forms of democratic governments
30. A presidential democracy is used in which country?
a. Australia b. Canada c. Mexico d. United Kingdom
SS6CG2 a The structures of national governments in Latin America: Brazil,
Mexico, Cuba
31. What type of government exists in Brazil ?
a. Communist b. Monarachy c. Parliamentary Democracy d. Presidential Democracy
SS6G3 a Compare the location, climate and natural resources of Mexico and
Venezuela.
32. What metal is mined more in Mexico than anywhere else?
a. Copper b. Iron c. Lead d. Silver
SS6G2 a Discuss environmental issues in Latin America
33. The world gets about 20 percent of which resource from the Amazon Rain Forest?
a. Medicine b. Oxygen c. Rubber d. Soybeans
SS6E1 Analyze Different Economic Systems
34. Customs and habits are most important in which type of economy ?
a. Command
b. Mixed c. Market
d. Traditional
SS6E1 c Contrast basic types of Economic Systems
35. Which country has the least freedom to do business?
a. Brazil b. Canada c. Cuba d. about the same in each
Essay
On white paper Discuss in detail environmental issues in Latin America. Be sure to include pollution;
deforestation, as well as oil and oxygen production. Discuss why the government of Venezuela might not
want to stop oil production. ( 15 points)
Compare the location ,climate and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela? Include farming, mining,
trade and oil economy. (10 points)
Compare the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba.
Include where people live and why they live there. Include major exports and which countries received
assistance from other nations. Compare the size and population of Brazil and Cuba. (15 points)
Describe the influence of the Spanish and Portuguese on the languages and religions of Latin America.
(10 points)
Describe the impact of European contact on Latin America. Include your description of the encounter and
consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and Incas and the role of Cortes,
Montezuma, Pizatto and Atahualpa. (25 points)
Explain the impact of the Columbia Exchange on Latin America and Europe in terms of the decline of the
native people, population, agriculture, and introduction of the horse. ( 25 points)