During 14th century, what European country explored and colonized Cuba?
What is Spain?
100
During the age of exploration, this European country explored, conquered countries, and established colonies in most Latin American countries.
What is Spain?
100
These group of people were first used as laborers to work on sugarcane and other plantations.
What is indigenous (Native Americans)?
100
Most poor people in Latin America live in these type of areas.
What is rural areas?
100
This is a general term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration.
What is the New World?
200
In the 1950s, this man was the dictator of Cuba. Under his leadership, poverty was very high and health care and education was very poor.
Who is Fulgencio Batista?
200
Portugal explored and colonized Brazil. Portuguese settlers had influence this language in Brazil.
What is Portuguese?
200
This was brought from the New World killing many of the indigenous people living in Latin America.
What is diseases? (Small pox, influenza, whooping cough, and so much more)
200
This type of drug is produced such as Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, and then moved through countries such as Guatemala and Mexico.
What is cocaine?
200
This Term refer to the native peoples or species of a given place.
What is indigenous?
300
Fidel Castro led a rebellion against Batista and formed this type of government system.
What is a communist government?
300
Throughout the age of exploration, both Spanish and Portuguese settlers spread this religion across Latin America.
What is Christianity?
300
Millions of African slaves were brought to Latin America to work on this type of land where crops like sugarcane, tobacco, and cotton were harvest and grown
What is a plantation?
300
The United States of America created this campaign to help combat drug trafficking in Latin American countries.
What is the War on Drugs?
300
A government system where private ownership of businesses, farms, industries, and resources are forbidden.
What is a communist government?
400
In response to Castro's communist policies, the United States of America decreased trade by placing this type of trade barrier.
What is an embargo?
400
Most Latin American countries speak this language.
What is Spanish?
400
During the time period of the Transatlantic slave trade, some Europeans and African slaves had children together. People of mixed white and black ancestry is known as.
What is a mulatto?
400
Most migrants move to this North American country to escape poverty and find better job opportunities.
What is the United States of America?
400
The illegal smuggling (buying or selling) of people or products (especially drugs or weapons).
What is trafficking?
500
13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
What is the Cuban Missiles Crisis?
500
During 14th century, most people living in Spain and Portuguese practiced this type of christianity.
What is Roman Catholic?
500
This Latin American country has the largest population of African people.
What is Brazil?
500
The unequal distribution of wealth. The rich is making more money than the poor and middle class causes this problem.