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Latin America
history/colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Columbian Exchange? | The exchange of people, animals, plants, and even diseases between the Old World and the New World. European brought horses, cattle, chicken pox, sugar. The New World had maize (corn), tomatoes, potatoes, llamas |
| What were conquistadors? | Spanish conquerors; fortune hunters who were able to keep a percentage of the valuables they found |
| Which animal brought to them in the Columbian Exchange helped native people hunt and trade over a larger area? | Horse and cattle |
| What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today? | Many people are descended from slaves |
| What were two causes for the decimation of the indigenous population? | Diseases and slavery |
| What two things enabled the Spanish to defeat the indigenous populations so easily? | Better weapons and diseases |
| Why were Africans brought to the Americas as slaves? | Because there were not enough natives available for work on plantations |
| In what two jobs were enslaved natives forced to work? | Plantations and mines |
| What are the two official languages in Latin America? Why? | Spanish and Portuguese; The Spaniards and Portuguese colonized most of South America |
| Between what three areas did Triangular Trade take place? | Americas, Europe, Africa |
| What is the most predominant religion in Latin America? | Roman Catholicism |
| What does indigenous mean? | native |
| How did the religions of the indigenous people change with the arrival of the Europeans? | Many changed from traditional polytheistic religions to Roman Catholicism |
| What happened to most of the indigenous that were enslaved? | they died because of warfare and disease |
| Why were conquistadors in Latin America? | God, gold, and glory |
| What was an impact of the African slave trade on Latin America? | there was a blending of ethnic groups in Latin America. |
| After the revolution, what type of government was created in Cuba and who created it? | A communist government was created by Fidel Castro |
| Why did the Soviet Union help Cuba (with aid and money) after the Cuban Revolution? | Cuba was communist during the Cold War. |
| Why did the US and the Soviet Union almost have a nuclear war? | The Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro allow the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch site in Cuba |
| While food was transferred between the Old and New Worlds during the Columbian Exchange, a negative effect was ... | diseases spread, too |
| How did horses transform Native American cultures? | Native Americans could migrate and hunt more easily |
| What was a result of Castro's revolution in Cuba | The US and USSR tensions increased (Cold War) |
| The main motivations for colonial expansion across the Americas were, for the conquistadors.... | religious conversion and trade |
| After the Spanish exploration of the Americas, they did what? | constructed haciendas and ranchos for farming. |
| instituting sweeping land reforms, nationalizing private commerce and industry, seizing American businesses and agricultural estates were all a part of whose policies? | Early Policies under Fidel Castro |
| The Cuban Revolution resulted in an alliance between Cuba and _________ | the Soviet Union |
| The U.S. responded to the Cuban Revolution by | placing an embargo on Cuba |
| The Columbian Exchange affected Latin American history ...` | because guns, diseases, plants and animals were found in new places. |
| Why did Europeans choose slaves from Africa as a labor source in the New World? | Indigenous people were in short supply due to warfare and disease |
| What type of government was Cuba after the revolution and who created it? | communist government; Fidel Castro |
| Which religion did the European conquerors bring to the indigenous people in Latin America? | Catholicism (Christianity) |
| What language is spoke in Brazil? | Portuguese |
| Why do most Mexicans speak Spanish and practice Catholicism? | They were colonized by Spain |
| Latin America is ethnically diverse. Which ethnic groups blended? | Indigenous, European, Africans |
| Why is there a cultural blending in Latin America and the Caribbean? | intermarriage of European Settlers and indigenous people |
| What was the impact of the Cuban Revolution? | Cubans have less political freedom |
| Which two countries were a part of the CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS in 1962? | The US and USSR |
| Why do people generally emigrate from the Mexico to the US? | to have more economic opportunities |
| What happened to Cuba's economy after the Cuban Revolution? | Cuba's economy suffered. |
| What impacts the people on the border of Mexico and the US the most? | illegal drug traficking |
| Triangular Trade | Trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa; includes the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| New World | The name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus |
| Romance Language | Any of the languages derived from Latin including Italian, Spanish, French, and Romanian. |
| Communism | Economic theory where the government (the state) controls all economic decisions |
| Cold War | A conflict that was between the US (democratic & capitalist) and the Soviet Union. (communist) |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. |
| Migration | A movement from one country or region to another (includes emigrate & immigrate) |
| Poverty | having little or no money, goods, or means for support |
| coup | the act of overthrowing an existing governing authority |
| Cuban Revolution | Cuban coup (revolt) that overthrew Cuban dictator Batista led by Fidel Castro |
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