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Latin Am. History
History of Latin America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hacienda | a Spanish agricultural plantation throughout Latin America during the colonial period |
| Conquistador | a conqueror, especailly on the the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century |
| indigenous | the native or orginal peoples or species of a given place |
| New World | general term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; North and South America |
| Old World | the regions of the world that were known as Europe before the discovery of the Americas, Asia, Africa |
| transatlantic slave trade | the enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million Africans to the America between the 15th and 1 |
| triangular trade | the forced movement of enslaved Africans, manufactured products and raw materical between the Americas, Europe, and Africa |
| Columbian Exchange | the movement of peoples, agricultrual commodities, diseases, and cultures bewteen the Old World and New World during the European Age of Exploration |
| globalization | process of blending various parts fo the world through commercial and cultural exchange. |
| Iberian | referring to the nations of Spain and Portugal |
| Roman Catholic | the region of Latin America practices this denomination of Christianity |
| Romance Languages | the language and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin speaking Roman Empire |
| Spanish language | spoken throughout most of Latin America due to the Spanish colonization |
| Portuguese Language | the offical language of Brazil due to the Portuguese colonization of the area |
| Fulgencio Batista | former president and later dictator of Cuba prior to teh 1959 Cuban Revolution |
| Fidel Castro | led the d1959 Cuban Revolution and dictator of Cuba for almost 50 years; declared Cuba as a communist state |
| nationalized | when privately owned businesses such as farms, factories were declared the property of the state |
| Communist Cuba | when citizens lost personal rights of free speech, religion, property ownership, Business became property of the Cuban government, Fidel Castro took over the island of Cuba. |
| Cold War | a time of non-violent disaggrements between USA and USSR, fought using the the Arms race and Space race, no phyical fighting occured |
| communism | an economic system wherein private ownership is largely forbidden and all industries and resources are controled by the state. |
| coup | the act of overthrowing an existing government authority |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 13 day stand off between the US and USSR during the Cold War . The Cuban government agreed to allow the USSR to build a missile launching complex on the island of Cuba. The USA discovered this by s spy plane photograph in 1962 |
| embargo | when all trade is cut off and not allowed. In Cuba, Castro was repressive, the US blocked the island's sugar export to American Markets and eventyally all products. |
| Bay of Pigs | an unsuccessful invasion or Coup of Cuba in 1961, which was supported by the United States. The purpose was to over throw the Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro. |
| John F. Kennedy | president of the United States at the time of the Cuban Missile crisis |
| Nikita Khrushchev | leader of the USSR ( Soviet Union) at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| Soviet Union | a name used to refer to the former communist government of Russia during the Cold War. Also know as the USSR. After the US embargo, Cuba and Soviet Union became allies |
| rural | an area tha is largely countryside, in contrast to urban areas of cities and buildings. |
| geography | the study of the land, mountains, rivers, oceans, streams; what you see on the land, physical features. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | In 1494 , an agreement between Portugal and Spain , declaring newly discovered lands to teh west of an imaginary line in teh Atlantic Ocean. To the west of this line, lands would belong to Spain, to the east of this line, lands belonged to Portugal. |
| political feature | the countries and cities found on a map. Such as Cuba, Mexico, Havana, Georgia, Washington D.C. |
| physical features | the mountains, rivers, oceans, plains on a map. The things you see when you look at the earth |
| urban | an area like a city which has many resources such as employment, hospitals, schools, stores, homes |
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