Quiz Latin America History and Governments

Independence movements

100

The harsh journey for the enslaved Africans across the Atlantic  to the Americas was called the

1. Yellow brick road

2. Transatlantic Slave Trade

3. The European passage

4. Atlantic trade station

Transatlantic Slave Trade

200

The father of Mexican independence, who fought against Spain and began the independence movement in Mexico.

A. Simon Bolivar    

B. Toussaint L’Ouverture     

C. Miguel Hidalgo

C. Miguel Hidalgo

300

 A freed African slave in Haiti who fought against France, which led to the independence of Haiti.

A. Simon Bolivar    

B. Toussaint L’Ouverture     

C. Miguel Hidalgo

B. Toussaint L’Ouverture  

400

Fought to liberate a number of South American countries, including Venezuela,  Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama, defeating the Spanish control of Latin America.

A. Simon Bolivar    

B. Toussaint L’Ouverture     

C. Miguel Hidalgo

A. Simon Bolivar    

500

 A social hierarchy where power was distributed by their ancestry by the Spanish.

A. Portuguese system

B. Casta system

C. Racial system

B. Casta system

Spanish/Portuguese control

100

 What continents are not a part of the triangle trade for the transatlantic slave trade route

A. Africa                   B. Americas

C. Asia                     D. Europe

C. Asia    

200

7. What was one of  the consequences of the casta system?

1. The indigenous people had most of the freedoms protected

2. The Spanish used ancestry to control the population.

3. The Native Americans were transported to Africa.

4. All of the following.

The Spanish used ancestry to control the population.

300

What were the two main European powers that were present in Latin America during the early colonization period?

A. The British and the Germans                 

B. The United States and Finland

C. Portugal and Spain                                

D. Brazil and the United States

C. Portugal and Spain    

400

Which country is connected to this slave system?

Focused on sugar plantations in Brazil (the largest importer of African slaves).

A. Spain 

B. Portugal

C. Both

Portugal

500

They needed labor for mines and settlements; therefore, they imported African Slaves.

A. Spain 

B. Portugal

C. Both

C. Both

Casta System

100

Identify the name of the group in the Casta system using the person's ancestry.

Spaniards born in Spain

A. Peninsulares

B. Mulattos 

C. Creoles 

D. Mestizos  

A. Peninsulares

200

Identify the name of the group in the Casta system using the person's ancestry.

Born in the colony with Spanish parents

A. Peninsulares

B. Mulattos 

C. Creoles

D. Mestizos  

C. Creoles

300

Which group had the most power in the casta system?

A. Peninsulares

B. Mulattos 

C. Creoles

D. Mestizos  

A. Peninsulares

400

Which group had the least power in the casta system?

A. Peninsulares

B. Enslaved Africans

C. Creoles

D. Mestizos  

B. Enslaved Africans

500

Within the Casta system, how was a person's position in the social hierarchy decided? (HINT: skin color)

Their ancestry, who were their parents