Term | Definition |
1519 | Spanish Conquest |
1521 | Spanish Conquest ends |
1821 | Mexican Independence |
mid 1800s | Benito Juarez becomes president of Mexico; Spain had ruled up until this times |
1917 | New constitutions is passed, gives half of farmland to peasants- Mexico |
1929 | Institutional Revolutional Party established in Mexico |
Highest Birthrate | Haiti - 28 |
Highest Deathrate | Uruguay-10 |
Highest Infant Mortality Rate | Haiti-42 |
Highest Total Fertility Rate | French Guiana-3.5 |
Highest Male Life Expectancy | Martinique-79 |
Highest Female Life Expectancy | Martinique-85 |
Highest Life Expectancy for Both Genders | Martinique-82 |
Highest GNI PPP | Trinidad & Tribago - 26,000 |
Highest Population <15 | Guatemala - 40 |
Highest Population 65+ | Marinique & Puerto Rico - 17 |
Lowest Birthrate | Puerto Rico - 10 |
Lowest Deathrate | French Guiana - 3 |
Lowest Infant Mortality Rate | Cuba - 4.2 |
Lowest Total Fertility Rate | Antigua + Barbuda & Puerto Rico & St. Lucia - 1.5 |
Lowest Male Life Expectancy | Haiti - 61 |
Lowest Female Life Expectancy | Haiti - 65 |
Lowest Life Expectancy for Both Genders | Haiti - 64 |
Lowest GNI PPP | Haiti - 1,750 |
Lowest Population <15 | Cuba - 17 |
Lowest Population 65+ | Haiti & Belize - 4 |
2000 | National Actions Party's Vicente Fox becomes president of Mexico |
1970 | Mexico's 1970 population doubles by 2000 |
800s | Mayans abandoned many cities |
1823 | United Provinces of Central America formed |
1830s | United Provinces split apart |
1492 | Columbus though he'd reached the East Indies |
1800s | Spanish, French, English, Danish, Dutch all claim islands (Central America and the Caribbean); South American countries seek independence |
1804 | Haiti achieves independence from France |
1898 | Spanish-American War gives Cuba independence from Spain |
1962 | Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago become independent from Britain |
1914 | Panama Canal is finished |
Populations of 30-40 million | both Central America and the Caribbean have populations this big |
1500 | Inca Empire stretched 2500 miles |
Chile's literacy rates and school attendees age | 95% adult literacy rate; 98% young people literacy rate/ ages 6-13 attend school |
1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas |
____ natives in Brazil in _____ before colonists arrive | 1.5 million; 1500s |
1815 | Brazil seeks independence after Napoleon's defeat |
1822 | Brazil declares independence in September |
In Brazil ___% lived in cities in ____; in _____, ___% lived in cities | 22%, 1960; 1995, 75% |
__% of Brazil's population live within ___ miles of ocean | 80%, 200 |
_____ million acres of rain forests worldwide destroyed annually | 50 million |
Rainforests cover ____% of earths surface, but has ___% of plant and animal species | 6%, 50% |