Early Americas
Name of people groups that lived in the Americas before Europeans
Indigenous
What country coined the term Latin America?
France
Country that colonized Brazil
Portugal
Nickname given to indigenous people
Indian
First Latin America country to gain its freedom from European rule
Haiti
Three indigenous cultures that lived in the Americas
Maya Inca Aztec
What came first: New Spain or Latin America?
New Spain
Country that colonized Australia India and a little bit of Northern South America
England / Britain
People of mixed European and African ancestry
Mulatto
Haitian revolutionary who was captured
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Name given to a Spanish explorer
Conquistador
Name two Latin based languages
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Country that colonized a little heart of Northern South America as well as Haiti
France
People with mixed European and Native ancestry
Mestizos
Argentinian revolutionary who is known as the Liberator of South America
Simone Bolivar
What year did Christopher Columbus sail?
1492
Where is Latin America located?
Central and South America in the Caribbean islands.
Country that colonized all of Western South America and most of Central America
Spain
People with European heritage but born in Latin America
Creole
The father of the Mexican Revolution
Miguel Hidalgo
Give two names to the Americas after they started to be colonized by Spain
New Spain, Hispanic America, Spanish America
What European country colonized most of Latin America?
Spain
Two reasons why it was easy for European countries to colonize the Americas/Latin America
Answers will vary
Person born in Europe who moves to Latin America
Peninsulares
A document that warned European countries not to interfere in the Affairs of the newly freed Latin American nations
Monroe Doctrine