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L. America Conflict

conflict and change standards

TermDefinition
trafficking smuggling people or products illegally
naturalization the process of a citizen of one country legally becoming a citizen of another country
immigration the movement of people from one country to another
drug cartels work together and use violence to push the supply and price of their product
poverty 1 in 5 Latin Americans experience this; not having basic needs
Raul Castro leader of Cuba today
Fidel Castro took over Batista in 1959 during the Cuban Revolution; created Communism in Cuba
Fulgencio Batista a symbol of instability in Cuba in the early 20th Century; overtook another leader to make himself
John F. Kennedy the U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis a hotspot of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; a tense time period in which we almost had a nuclear war
Bay of Pigs an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained group of Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro
embargo a block of all trade with a country imposed by a government
sugarcane grows really well in Cuba; the U.S. bought this from Cuba and really helped their economy... until the emgargo
Cuba island country 90 miles from Florida
Creole a language spoken in Haiti; characteristics of French + African
voodoo a religion in Haiti having African and native origins
indigenous people native to the land (they were there first!)
5 G's God, gold, glory, goods, ground- what explorers were searching for during the 1500-1600's
Columbian Exchange the movement of plants, animals, diseases, and people form the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old World
smallpox a disease brought by the Europeans that killed millions of native Americans
Triangular Trade the movement of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Spanish most Latin American countries speak this today
Portuguese most Brazilians speak this today
Catholic the religion of most Latin Americans today
Africans, Native Americans, Europeans the 3 sources of new blended races and diversity in Latin America today
 

 



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