Social Hierarchies
The top of the Latin American social hierarchy. They were white people born in Europe
Penninsulares
The actual person who discovered modern-day United States
Amerigo Vespucci
What is the capital of Mexico and what culture hearth is present there?
What was the name of the trade deal between the three countries of North America?
NAFTA
The name of what used to be the United Fruit Company
Chiquita
White but born in Latin America
Creole
Privateers/Buccaneers - piracy
Why is Mexico City sinking?
Mexico City is sinking because it is growing and drawing too much water from the aquifer.
What were positives and negatives of NAFTA and how is it in actuality versus what politicians tell us?
NAFTA did hurt jobs in Michigan; however, it was helpful overall because it greatly helped Mexico. It brought jobs to Mexico for automotive factories and made cars cheaper to buy here.
The name of the fire festival celebrated in El Salvador
Nejapa Fire Festival
Mixed White and Amerindian/Native
Mestizo
Where was the place Columbus believed he was compared to where he actually was?
He thought he was in the Indies that make up modern-day Southeast Asian islands and countries. In reality he was in the Caribbean, first landing in the Bahamas.
The original name of the Aztec people
Mexica (pronounced Meh-SHEE-CAH)
What is the name of the major mountain chain in Mesoamerica?
Sierra Madres
What drives tourism to Belize?
English speaking, 2nd largest barrier reef, Great Blue Hole, currency reflects USD
Mixed African and White in Latin America
Mullato
The name of the mythical city of gold believed to be located in the jungles of Latin America
El Dorado
Describe the good and the bad of Mexico's geography.
Okay/Good physical geography and bad social geography. Mexico has vast mineral and oil wealth, however, it falls to natural disasters because it is tectonically active. It also has bad social geography because of the drug trade and the presence of cartels.
What was the name of the treaty that divided Latin America between the Spanish and Portuguese?
Treaty de Tordesillas
Jocobo Arbenz
Mixed African and Amerindian/Native
Zambos
The name of the transferring of goods between the New and Old World. Name the primary goods from each.
Columbian Exchange. Old World to New: Disease (mostly smallpox), Coffee, tropical fruits, Bees, 4 magical animals
New to Old: Syphillis, Tomatoes, potatoes, cacao, tobacco
What is the national flower of Mexico and grown to celebrate the Day of the Dead?
Marigold
Mexico
Central America = between Mexico + South America
Mesoamerica = Mexico + Central America
Greater + Lesser Antilles = Caribbean
Middle America = Mexico + Central Am + Caribbean
Latin America - All of the above
What did the United Fruit Company label the nations of Central America that it had control over?
The Banana Republics