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Latin American History

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1. He named the Pacific Ocean. His crew was the first to sail all the way around the world but he died halfway there.
    Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Hernando Cortes
    Pedro Cabral


2. Who overthrew the leader Salvador Allende in Chile in a coup d'etat?
    Moctezuma
    Fidel Castro
    Augusto Pinochet
    Montezuma


3. What is the war of 1845 between the United States and Mexico called?
    The Mexican War
    The War of 1845
    The Spanish-American War
    The Mexican Revolution


4. A grassy plain stretches from Argentina to Uruguay. What is it called?
    plains
    grand plain
    great plains
    pampas


5. This economic program was created to help Puerto Rico.
    Operation Bootstrap
    Operation Velcro
    Operation Shoelace
    Operation Buckle


6. What are people of both Native American and European ethnicity called?
    Ameripeans
    Mulattos
    Mestizos
    Hispanics


7. Which of these is a major river in South America?
    all of these
    Amazon
    Rio de Plata
    Orinoco


8. What is 'hot land' in Spanish?
    tierra caliente
    tierra fria
    tierra templada
    tierra Americana


9. Who captured and murdered the Inca emperor?
    George Washington
    Francisco Pizzaro
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Jason Fromal


10. This country has a canal running through it.
    Guatemala
    Nicaragua
    Panama
    Brazil


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