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Latin America
latin america
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hernan cortes | spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztecs |
| montezuma | the last empire of the Aztec |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca |
| Atahualpa | last emperor of the Inca |
| Aztec | polytheistic civilization located in the Valley of Mexico; destroyed by the Spanish. |
| Inca | polytheistic civilization located in the Andes Mountains; destroyed by the Spanish. |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | former slave that led the independence movement from Haiti; later captured by the French government. |
| Simon Bolivar | "El liberator"; he led the independence movement in Venezuela, which inspired several other countries to fight for their independence from Spain. |
| Miguel Hidalgo | a priest in Mexico that fought the Spanish for Mexican independence; he was later captured and executed. |
| Fidel Castro | led the Cuban Revolution that resulted in Cuba becoming a communist country. |
| Zapatistas ---What did they support? | Indigenous farmers in Mexico. |
| Zapatistas ---What did they oppose? | NAFTA |
| Zapatistas ---What did they do? | Took over land in southern Mexico |
| Conquistador | Spanish explorer soldier sent to the New World. |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americans). |
| Communism | When the government owns all properties and business. |
| Which country in Latin America is communist? | Cuba |
| How did Pizarro defeat the Incan Empire? | Pizzaro took Atahualpa hostage in a surprise attack. |
| How did Cortez defeat the Aztec Empire? | Disease and guns allowed Cortes to defeat the Aztecs. |
| Explain where the Europeans in the 16th century found a cheap labor source? | Africa |
| Why did the Europeans have to locate a cheap new labor source? | Many of the Native Americans had died as a result of diseases and slavery. |
| How is one effect of slavery still evident in Latin America today? | Many people in Latin America have ancestors that were slaves. |
| Why was there almost a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union? | The Soviet Union supported Cuba and placed nuclear warheads in Cuba, pointed towards the United States during the Cold War. |
| What was Cuba's role in all of this? | Cuba was an ally of the Soviet Union. |
| Which country helped Cuba become communist? | The Soviet Union |
| What is the main religion in Latin America? | Roman Catholic |
| What are the two main languages of Latin America and Why? | Spanish and Portuguese; Spain and Portugal colonized Latin America. |
| Which two factors allowed the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs and Incas? | Diseases and advanced weapons (guns). |
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