Transatlantic Slave Trade
Transatlantic slave trade is...
Movement of slaves across the middle passage from Africa to the Americas
Columbian exchange is:
Leader of Cuba as a direct result of the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
Area that supplies the most crops for the illegal drug trade.
Andean Region
Sudden overthrow of a ruler or government
Coup
2 reasons it was easy for the Europeans to conquer the Indigenous populations.
Advanced weapons & spreading of diseases
Negative result of the Columbian Exchange
Disease wiped out at least 50% of the natives.
The event where Castro allowed the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
Most illegal drugs that ENTER the U.S. come through which COUNTRY?
Mexico
the illegal smuggling of people or products (especially drugs or weapons)
Narco-terrorism
1 effect of slavery on Latin America today
Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa
Most widely spread religion in Latin America
Roman Catholic Christianity
The Cuban Revolution resulted in ______________ for the Cuban people.
Fewer freedoms
Cause of extreme poverty in Latin America
Lack of employment opportunities
Cuba become a ___________ country AFTER the Cuban Revolution
communist dictatorship
Slavery helped to build the counties of L.A., but much of the wealth went to the Europeans. One effect of this situations is:
Many L.A. countries are very poor.
Mix of Indigenous & Europeans
Fidel Castro promised these three things to the people who supported him during the Cuban Revolution.
Better Education
Better Healthcare
Women's Rights
Equality for Black Cubans
Invest in human capital
Poor education, poor healthcare, population growth, political instability, being born into poverty all contribute to what?
Cycle of poverty in Latin America
How Europeans become so wealthy when conquering the Americas
They brought slaves from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations as free labor.
Mix of African & European
Mulatto
Government relations have eased, but there are still some restrictions describes what?
The current relationship between the US and Cuba
People who immigrate from Mexico to the U.S. do so because they want to ______.
Have more economic opportunities for themselves and their families
the act of going from one region to another
Migration