Quiz about Latin American Revolutions

Question 1

The American and French Revolutions influenced what area to fight for their own political independence?

Accepted Answer

South America

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Canada

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Russia

Question 2

Before independence, Haiti was a colony of _____.

Accepted Answer

France

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Great Britain

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The United States

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Belgium

Question 3

Slaves made up ___% of the Haitian population.

Accepted Answer

90

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25

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50

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80

Question 4

Who assumed control of the slave rebellion in 1794?

Accepted Answer

Toussaint L'Overture

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St. Domingue

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Vincent Oge

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

Who led a successful revolution in Haiti to free Haitians from French rule?

Accepted Answer

Toussaint L‘Ouverture

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Jose de San Martin

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Simón Bolivar

Question 6

Who led a successful revolution in the northern area of South America, eventually having a country named after him?

Accepted Answer

Simón Bolivar

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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Toussaint L‘Ouverture

Question 7

Which nation claimed the region extending from Mexico through South America?

Accepted Answer

Spain

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The Netherlands

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Portugal

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France

Question 8

Who started the Mexican independence movement

Accepted Answer

Father Miguel Hidalgo

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Simón Bolivar

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Toussaint L‘Ouverture

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Jose de San Martin

Question 9

What country is named for Simon Bolivar?

Accepted Answer

Bolivia

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Haiti

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Cuba

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South America

Question 10

What was the main factor in determining a person's social status in Spain's colonies in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

race

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wealth

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politics

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religion

Question 11

Simón Bolívar, José de San Martin, and Toussaint l’Ouverture are best known as

Accepted Answer

leaders of Latin American independence movements

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scientists who supported the heliocentric theory

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early Spanish explorers of the New World

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communist leaders of the 19th centuryListen

Question 12

What caused the differences between these two maps?

Accepted Answer

revolutions against colonial rule

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the English Civil War

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the Napoleonic Wars

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the Spanish conquest of the Americas

Question 13

Which of the following was a cause of the Latin American Independence Movements?

Accepted Answer

The impact of Enlightenment ideas.

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Absolute monarchs in Europe encouraged the movements.

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George Washington sent troops and supplies to help the revolutions get started.

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The peninsulares gave the people of Latin America permission to revolt.

Question 14

Revolutions in Latin America were influenced by

Accepted Answer

the American and French Revolution

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the Civil War in Spain

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the Crusades

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the Renaissance.

Question 15

What influenced Toussaint L'Ouverture to say this and lead a slave rebellion in Haiti?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment ideas

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absolutism

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international trade

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the scientific method

Question 16

Revolutions in Latin America were influenced by

Accepted Answer

the French Revolution

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the Civil War in Spain

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the Crusades

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the Renaissance.

Question 17

Peter the Great was a monarch of

Accepted Answer

Russia

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France

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England

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Prussia

Question 18

The separation of powers found in the United States Constitution comes from the writings of which Enlightenment thinker?

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

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Hobbes

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Locke

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Voltaire

Question 19

What job did Miguel Hidalgo have in Mexico?

Accepted Answer

priest

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soldier

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general

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peasant

Question 20

Who helped to free the nations of Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule? (Hint: Nickname is El Libertador)

Accepted Answer

Simon Bolivar

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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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Toussaint L'Overture

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Jose de San Martin

Question 21

Which was the first country in Latin America to gain independence?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

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Bolivia

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Mexico

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Venezuela

Question 22

Father Miguel Hidalgo led an independence movement for which country?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

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Venezuela

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Haiti

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Spain

Question 23

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a major slave revolt in which country?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

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Mexico

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France

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Venezuela

Question 24

What is Simon Bolivar's nickname?

Accepted Answer

The Liberatador

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The Freer

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The Fighter

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The General

Question 25

Which historical figure best completes this chart comparing revolutionary leaders?

Accepted Answer

Simon Bolivar

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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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T'oussaint L'Ouverture

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Jose de San Martin

Question 26

What region of the world is referred to as Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Mexico, Central America & South America

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Only South America

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All countries that speak Latin

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All countries that were ruled by Spain

Question 27

What was Simon Bolivar's dream?

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to unite South America into one nation named GranColombia

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To free Haitian slaves

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to give Mexico its independence

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to unite Latin America into one nation named GranColombia

Question 28

Why did the population of Native Americans decrease after Europeans came to the New World?

Accepted Answer

They died from diseases

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They survived the diseases

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They moved to Europe

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The population grew

Question 29

Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes

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Miguel Hidalgo

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Francisco Pizzarro

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Simon Bolivar

Question 30

Inequalities in the tax structure is one cause of what event?

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The Protestant Revolution