Triangle Trade
Columbian Exchange
The Caribbean
Natural Disasters
Mix-Up
100
What changes did triangle trade cause?
trade and competition among European countries
100
How did the Columbian Exchange affect European life?
introduced American foods to Europe
100
Why did it take so long for the Caribbean nations to gain independence?
Other nations wanted to keep control of the region's resources
100
What effect does Central America's location on top of moving tectonic plates have on the region?
many earthquakes and volcanoes
100
What are the main landforms in Central America?
mountains, coastal plains, rain forest
200
Why did Europeans bring African slaves to the Caribbean?
to work on plantations
200
What did the Columbian Exchange do?
brought new foods to different continents
200
From what are many islands in the Caribbean made?
tips of ancient volcanoes
200
What natural disaster destroyed much of Haiti's capital in 2010?
earthquake
200
Which Europeans controlled most of Central America in the 1700s?
Spanish
300
In triangular trade, what came from the Americas?
raw materials
300
How were goods transported to other continents during the Columbian Exchange?
by ship across the Atlantic Ocean
300
What was the goal of Haiti's 12-year rebellion?
to achieve independence
300
What natural disaster caused much of the population of Montserrat to leave?
volcano
300
What industry brings high amounts of income to the region of Central America so people don't have to destroy the rain forest for farmland?
tourism
400
What 3 regions were connected by the Triangular Trade?
Europe, Africa, the Americas
400
What crop did most of the African slaves in Haiti harvest?
sugar cane
400
What history do Puerto Rico and Cuba share?
Both were once Spanish colonies
400
What causes deforestation of the rain forests?
People clear areas for farmland and use trees for wood
400
What is Puerto Rico today?
a US commonwealth
500
Why did European nations take over the region?
to gain riches from growing cash crops
500
Many of the original natives of the Caribbean died from diseases. Where did they get the diseases?
Europeans
500
Why did the Caribbean countries want independence?
They wanted to control their lands and resources
500
What caused Europeans to bring Africans to the Americas?
Native people died from disease, so Europeans wanted other workers
500
How are Puerto Rico and Cuba different?
Puerto Rico has more economic and political freedom
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