Regions
What are the four major regions of Latin America?
Mexico
Central America
Caribbean
South America
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
He was the president of Mexico and a dictator.
1884-1911
True or False: The Falkland wars were between Argentina and Mexico.
False
It was with the United Kingdom and Argentina
what are some of the events that happened in the Mexican revolution?
The Mexican Revolution-The causes of the revolution was the unequal distribution of land, deeply entrenched economic inequality and undemocratic institution.
Why is it called "Latin America"?
Because they first started off speaking Latin and then later on other languages were developed.
Most of the people in Latin America speak Spanish and Portuguese, which derive from Latin.
What were the main resources provided from Cuba?
Iron, salt, copper, petroleum
Who was Fidel Castro?
He was a prime minister in the years 1959-1976 and President through the years of 1976-2008
Who was the main leader in the Contra War?
Adolfo Calero
When was the indigenous rights movement?”
Late in the 20th century
What were some of the natural recourses that were used in Latin America?
forests (timber), minerals (gold, silver, copper, tin, aluminum), and oil
What were the main resources provided from Venezula?
Gold, Diamonds and other minerals
Who was Che Guevara?
He was an Argentine Marxist Revolutionary. He was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution.
How many years was the Columbia War with FARC?
50-52 years (with an ongoing 60 year conflict)
What was the PRI?
Institutional Revolutionary Party
What were three of the native groups from Latin America?
-Aztec
-Maya
-Inca
Copper and Zinc were two recourses mostly known where?
Mexico
Who was Oscar Romero?
He was a Salvadorian Catholic archbishop, who later became a champ of human rights and social justice.
Why was it called the dirty war?
people were disappearing and had violent attacks, at attempt to use the war as a cover up
When was the Mexican Revolution?
1910-1920
List the four groups of the high hierarchy.
-congeries (white)
-peninsulas
-mestizos/mulatus
-indigenous/slaves
True or False: Is the amazon river in Latin America?
True
What was Juan Peron most known for?
Having a movement named after him. The Peronist movement-it was an economy-based movement known to bring greater social and economic growth to working class.
How many wars happened in Latin America in the twentieth century?
7
What year did the Cuban Revolution start?
1953
What smoking product was Cuba known for?
Cigars