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Latin America 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the U.S.'s relationship with Cuba change in 2009? | Travel restrictions to Cuba were eased for Americans with relatives there. |
| The U.S's relationship with Cuba first became strained when....? | Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencia Batista. |
| Cuba's Communist regime has been credited with.... | Improving health care in the island nation. |
| Since 1959, more then 1.8 million Cubans have immigrated to the U.S. Most of them live where? | Florida and New Jersey. |
| A band of guerillas led by this man overthrew Cuba's government in 1959. | Fidel Castro. |
| Aid from this former country boistered Cuba's economy until the early 1990s. | Soviet Union. |
| Government salaries in Cuba- even for teachers and doctors- average to about what per month? | $20. |
| Last year, Cubans were granted permission to buy and sell these two items for the first times in decades... | Cars and houses. |
| In allowing economic changes but refusing political ones, Cuba is following the example of these two communist nations. | China and Vietnam |
| What is the source of instability today in Latin America? | -Social inequality and economic hardship. -Social classes=deep divisions. -As economies modernized, gap grew between rich and poor. -Land reform=major issue as nations modernized. -Protests and economic pressure forced some govs to make limited reform |
| What happened during WW2? | there was a demand for copper, wheat, beef and other goods soar -Built factories -politically independent but economically dependent. --Relied on world for consumption of their cash crops. |
| What are the challenges to economic development? | -State-owned industries poorly -foreign-run companies took profits elsewhere -National markets for manufactured goods=small -Population boom between 1950-1985 -Import basic foods, not enough government money for schools, housing, medical care |
| What does Moctezuma means when he says to Cortes "Now you have arrived on the earth?" | Moctezuma thought they were the human form of their gods. |
| For Juan de Solorzano, what "good" outweighs the harsh treatment of the Indians? | Trying to convert them outweighs the harsh treatment of the Indians. |
| What actions by the Spanish had made the Aztecs wary? | The Spaniards hung their chief from acolhuacan. |
| How were the Aztecs celebrating the festival of the sun god? | Singing, dancing, playing music, dressing up. |
| How did the Aztecs respond to the massacre? | They attacked the Spanish. |
| What is middle america? | North hemisphere: Mexico, 7 nations of Central America, 13 island nations Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. |
| What is South America? | 12 independent countries, 2 foreign-ruled territories (Falkland islands and French Guiana) |
| What is the sixth largest mountain? | The Andes in South America. |
| What is the problem with the Andes Mountains? | -Along western edge part of Ring of Fire. -Frequent earthquakes and volcanoes |
| Where are the lowlands? | along coasts of Mexico, Central America, and South America. |
| What is a large lowland? | Amazon Basin: Rain forests. |
| What does the geography of Latin America do the the people? | Regionalism: strong local traditions that divide people with in country of region. |
| What are some rivers in Latin America? | Amazon-through peru and brazil-4000 Orinoco-Northern S.America:Guiana highlands through Venz. to Atlantic. Rio de la Piata-River of Silver-Border of Uruguar and Argentina.-Major shipping route in Buenos Aires: Worlds second busiest port. |
| What is the climate of South America? | tropical climates 3/4ths of Latin America. warm temps and lots of rainfall tropical wet and dry Temperate climates-warm and coll seasons Dry climates-Chiles's Atacama Desert |
| What are the Natural Resources of Latin America? | Gold,silver,copper, tin,bauxite,oil,natural gas, hydroelectric power due to rivers |
| What are the cash crops? | Bananas, sugar, tobacco, coffee, rubber, lumber |
| What was the treaty of Tordesillas? | Allowed Spain to claim most to the Americas -Interest was for gold and sea route to Asia. |
| What were the roles of the Colonies? | Raw materials and market to sell goods. |
| What did Bartolome de las Casas do? | Spoke out against treatment of the natives but caused the African Americans to be enslaved. |
| Who were Peninsulares? | Officials sent from spain to rule. |
| Who where Creoles? | American-born descendants of Spanish settlers |
| Who where Mestizo? | People of mixed European and Indian descent |
| What was the class system? | Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Native Americans Free Blacks Slaves |
| Who where Conquistadors? | Military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New Word. |
| Who where the Incans? | Indian people who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest. |
| Who where the Mayans? | Indigenous people of mexico and central America who developed a writing system. |
| Who where the Aztecs? | Indian people dominating central mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. They had an advanced agriculture. |
| What was the Columbian Exchange? | A trade of plants, animals, foods, ideas, and diseases. |
| What is the Triangular trade? | Trade between three parts or regions. |
| What was the Encomienda? | The system in which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants. |
| What different motivations affected European explorers of this time? | Gold, God, Glory. |
| What is mercantilism? | An economy based on gold or money. |
| What is the balance of trade? | the difference between the value of exports and imports. |
| What are subsidies? | Government loan that helps support goods. |
| What were the Mayan government and cities like? | -had city-states with their own king. -network of roads that linked their cities. -center of city was temple. |
| What were the Incan government and cities like? | -Empire in fertile vally of Andes -Emperor owned everything -Officals told people where to live and what jobs to do. -Collected taxes or peasants' crops. |
| What were the Aztecs government and cities like? | -City: tenochtitlan. -One ruler chosen by group of priests, nobles, and warriors -Defeated nation, left ruler in place but had to pay tributes. |
| What were the Mayans religion like? | -Gods controlled the powerful forces of nature. -priests performed rituals to please gods. -pyramids as temples. |
| What were the Incans religion like? | -Worshiped many gods. -Sun God- was chief god. -Gold was sweat of gods -Incans mean children of the sun. |
| What were the Aztecs religion like? | -Worshiped many gods -Priests guardians of temples-Only who can perform rituals. -Chief God Quetzalcoatl(brought maize to earth) -Had human sacrifices. |
| What were Mayan farming like? | -Grew maize, corm, beans, squash. -Channels to drain fields. -Raised platforms -Produced enough food where they could feed themselves and surplus of 20000 people. |
| What were Incans farming like? | -Complex irrigation system that channeled water from mountain streams into dry lowlands. -Used fertilizer produced huge crops of corn, potatoes, beans -carved terraces on mountain sides to farm |
| What were Aztecs farming like? | -Farmed in swampy lands by filling large reed rafts with earth and anchored them in lake bed. -created floating islands. |
| What was society, women, and education like for the Mayans? | Social order: King-Nobles and Priests-artisans and merchants-slaves -Books and writing -language |
| What was society, women, and education like for the Incans? | -Had priestesses -officials used roads for business but common people didn't |
| What was society, women, and education like for the Aztecs? | -Children studied civics, history, and religion. -boys received training in arts of war -Girls studied home making skills and herbal medicine -women-own property, remarry if husband dies, priestess, musicians, midwives |
| What were the achievements of the Mayans? | -Priests developed hieroglyphics -Developed a calendar of 365 1/4 days. -found the number zero |
| What were the achievements of the Incans? | -A runner system could travel 200 miles a day. -Skilled farmers, complex irrigation |
| What were the achievements of the Aztecs? | -knowledge of science, math, medicine -Collected tributes from 500 city-states -educated both girls and boys |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the mayans? | -Pyramids towered 20 stories above ground. -played a game like basketball without hands (pacatac) - good architecture. |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the Incans? | -Inca means "children of the sun" - No system of writing -learned from earlier civilization |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the Aztecs? | -First people to cross the land bridge. - tenochititlan largest city at the time with 150000 people. -Absorbed ideas from Mayans -Built pyramids. |
| What were the achievements of the Aztecs? | -knowledge of science, math, medicine -Collected tributes from 500 city-states -educated both girls and boys |
| What type of revolution was the Haiti, South american, mexico,and Brazilian revolution? | Political |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the mayans? | -Pyramids towered 20 stories above ground. -played a game like basketball without hands (pacatac) - good architecture. |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the Incans? | -Inca means "children of the sun" - No system of writing -learned from earlier civilization |
| What are some miscellaneous information about the Aztecs? | -First people to cross the land bridge. - tenochititlan largest city at the time with 150000 people. -Absorbed ideas from Mayans -Built pyramids. |
| What type of revolution was the Haiti, South american, mexico,and Brazilian revolution? | Political |
| Where did the Haitian revolution begin and where did it spread to? | I began in Haiti and Hispaniola. It spread to Latin America. |
| Who were the leaders of the Haitian revolution? | The first independent nation. |
| Why did the Haitian, South American, and Mexico revolution? | The french revolution. |
| What were the major turning points of the Haitian revolution? | The slaves burnt down the crops. |
| What were the effects of the Haitian revolution? | First independent nation. -other countries are becoming afraid. -haitian slaves were freed |
| Which effect was the most significant of the Haitian revolution? | Haiti becoming independent. |
| Where did the South American revolution begin and where did it spread to? | It began in South America (Venezuela) and spread to the rest of South America. |
| Who were the leaders of the South American Revolution? | Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin |
| What were the major turning points of the South American revolution? | The defeat of Spain at Bogota, Colombia. When Haiti gave them supplies. |
| What were the effects of the South American revolution? | -Spain lost rule in South America - Simon Bolivar creates Grand Colombia. |
| Which effect was the most significant in the South American Revolution? | Eliminated almost all of the Spanish control. |
| Where did the Mexico revolution begin and spread to? | It began in Mexico and spread to central america. |
| Who was the leaders of the Mexico Revolution? | Hidalgo, Jose Morelos |
| What were the major turning points of the mexico revolution? | Morelos trained and disciplined the army. |
| What were the effects of the mexico revolution? | -New Constitution that gave the creoles more rights -reform movement. |
| Which effect was the most significant in the Mexico revolution? | Creation of United Providences of central america. |
| Where did the Brazilian revolution begin and spread to? | it began in Brazil and Portugal, and spread to Brazil. |
| Who were the leaders of the Brazilian Revolution? | -Brazilian patriots -Pedro -King John the VI |
| Why did the Brazilian revolution begin? | -Pedro Taking over Brazil -Napoleon invades Portugal -King John flees to Brazil |
| What were the major turning points of the Brazilian revolution? | -Pedro accepting a constitution |
| What were the effects of the Brazilian revolution? | Peaceful revolution. -brazilians got basic rights, but slavery was still present. |
| Which effect was the most significant in the Brazilian revolution? | Brazilians got rights because they forced the emperor down peacefully. |
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