Section 2 Quiz

Question 1

Examples of cash crops

Answer 1

Sugarcane and coffee beans

Question 2

Why grow crops in the Caribbean

Answer 2

Good land
Rich soil
Shortages in Europe

Question 3

First laborers used by Spanish

Answer 3

Natives

Question 4

What happened to the first laborers used by Spanish?

Answer 4

Killed by diseases

Question 5

Examples of diseases

Answer 5

Malaria
Smallpox
Measles
Influenza

Question 6

Second laborers used by Spanish

Answer 6

African slaves

Question 7

Trade among 3 continents

Answer 7

Triangular trading

Question 8

What continents were involved in triangular trade

Answer 8

Americas
Europe
Africa

Question 9

Results of trade in Central America

Answer 9

Brought about competition among European countries for resources of the region

Portugal, France, Britain began competing with Spain for control over trade and colonization of the Americas

Question 10

Crops leaving Central America

Answer 10

Tobacco, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, peppers, beans, squash

Question 11

Crops leaving Africa and Europe

Answer 11

Honey, sugarcane, citrus fruit, coffee beans, peaches, pears, bananas, smallpox, measles, influenza, Malaria

Question 12

Crops for profit

Answer 12

Cash crops

Question 13

Led to increased competition for global trade among European countries

Answer 13

Columbian exchange

Question 14

1780’s

Answer 14

Europe had colonized nearly all of Central America and the Caribbean

Question 15

Stirred thoughts of independence among native groups

Answer 15

Forced labor and other harsh practices

Question 16

Know revolution in Haiti

Answer 16

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Question 17

Governors who represented the Spanish King and queen

Controlled the lands resources

Answer 17

Viceroy

Question 18

1821

Answer 18

Mexico seized control of much of present day Central America

Question 19

1823

Answer 19

Spanish broke from Mexican control and became the United provinces of Central America

Question 20

What happened over the next 20 years

Answer 20

Each province- Guatemala, Honduras, el Salvatore, Nicaragua, Costa Rica- would declare independence

Question 21

— and Europe wanted to keep control of of the —- islands resources

Answer 21

US

Caribbean

Question 22

As a result, most of the islands would not be —- until the —-

Answer 22

Independent

1900s

Question 23

Today, some islands remain connected to the European countries that settled them (Bermuda- British territory. —- - part of the Netherlands

Answer 23

Aruba

Question 24

In the quest for silver, —-, and other riches, Spain settled the Caribbean islands of — and Puerto Rico as colonies

Answer 24

Gold

Cuba

Question 25

Both had ideal conditions for growing — and good natural —

Answer 25

Sugarcane

Harbors

Question 26

Know Cuba

Answer 26

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Question 27

How is Puerto Rico similar to Cuba

Answer 27

• a Spanish colony from the 1500s to 1898
• mined gold and built huge sugarcane plantations
• they also rebelled against Spain

Question 28

Why was Puerto Rico important to the US

Answer 28

• They sent troops there

* location important to military and economic interests

Question 29

What did the treaty of Paris do

Answer 29

Made Puerto Rico a US territory

Question 30

1952

Answer 30

Puerto Rico became a US commonwealth, a nation that governs itself but is part of a larger country

Question 31

how is Puerto Rico different from Cuba

Answer 31

• They have political freedom

* benefits from a free-enterprise economy