Fifth Grade Unit 7 Test: Latin American History & Culture

Question 1

What invisible “ally” helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

c) Diseases like smallpox

Question 2

Why do people live in valleys?

Accepted Answer

b) Fertile soil for farming

Question 3

Where did the first enslaved revolt succeed?

Accepted Answer

c) Haiti

Question 4

Why do people leave Latin America?

Accepted Answer

c) Escape violence or poverty

Question 5

What did the Maya use glyphs for?

Accepted Answer

b) Record-keeping and communication

Question 6

What’s a common trait of Latin American families?

Accepted Answer

c) Large and close-knit

Question 7

What does it mean to emigrate?

Accepted Answer

a) Leave a country to live elsewhere

Question 8

What is jade?

Accepted Answer

b) A shiny green stone

Question 9

What was a problem with caudillos?

Accepted Answer

b) They favored the wealthy

Question 10

What religions are in the Caribbean and coastal South America?

Accepted Answer

c) Christianity, African, and Native beliefs

Question 11

What is a plantation?

Accepted Answer

c) A large farm

Question 12

What inspired Latin Americans to fight for independence?

Accepted Answer

a) The French and American Revolutions

Question 13

What were the Maya skilled at?

Accepted Answer

c) Astronomy and mathematics

Question 14

Why do people move to Latin America?

Accepted Answer

b) Find better jobs

Question 15

What other beliefs were practiced?

Accepted Answer

a) Native American beliefs

Question 16

Why was trading important to the Olmec?

Accepted Answer

b) To exchange goods unavailable locally

Question 17

Why did Pizarro invade the Inca Empire?

Accepted Answer

c) To conquer and take their wealth

Question 18

How did Europeans affect Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

b) Spread disease and destroyed cultures

Question 19

Why were many Latin American leaders rich dictators?

Accepted Answer

b) They controlled land and resources

Question 20

What is a glyph?

Accepted Answer

b) A picture symbol

Question 21

Why did the Spanish march toward the Aztec capital?

Accepted Answer

c) To conquer the Aztec and find riches

Question 22

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

Accepted Answer

c) Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal

Question 23

Where do most people in Latin America live?

Accepted Answer

b) Coasts and valleys

Question 24

What is a mestizo?

Accepted Answer

b) A person of Spanish and Native ancestry

Question 25

What was the main colonial religion in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

c) Christianity – Roman Catholicism

Question 26

What were the two Spanish regions in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

b) Viceroyalty of New Spain and Peru

Question 27

Why did the Maya build cities using compass directions?

Accepted Answer

d) To track the sun’s rays and special days

Fifth Grade Unit 7 Test: Latin American History & Culture

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Fifth Grade Unit 7 Test: Latin American History & Culture

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