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Latin America 2
Question | Answer |
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What is a caudillo? | a military dictator |
How many people are in control in oligarchies? | an elite few |
What is globalization? | inter-connectedness of the world |
What did the Europeans bring to the New World that killed many Native Americans? | diseases |
What slowed down the process of Latin America countries winning their independence? | geographic barriers |
What is it called when one country controls another country? | Imperialism |
What is it called when one country exports more than it imports (using its colonies) to make more money? | mercantilism |
How do colonies make parents countries wealthy? | using raw materials to make new goods and selling those back to the colony |
Name one thing that led to Imperialism in Latin America. | mercantilism |
Name another thing that led to Imperialism in Latin America | the Industrial Revolution |
Name a reason for the revolutions in Latin America. | colonies wanted economic equality |
Name a reason for the revolutions in Latin America. | Ideas from the Enlightenment |
How many people are in charge in a dictatorship? | one |