He was leader of the Incan people when the Spanish first arrived in Peru.
Who is Atahualpa?
100
The Columbian Exchange introduced this large animal to the Americas.
What is a horse?
100
"The Liberator" who led Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, in their success fight for independence from Spain was this man.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
100
This group desired local control of land and economic equality for the native people of Mexico.
Who are the Zapatistas?
100
Brazil is experiencing this type of environmental concern
What is deforestation?
200
He was ruler of the Aztec Empire when the Spanish conquistadors invaded.
Who is Montezuma?
200
The Aztec and Incan leaders responded to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors by giving them gifts of this.
What is gold and silver?
200
The Cuban Revolution led to a decrease in this between Cuba and the United States.
What is trade?
200
This city was the capital of the Aztec Empire and is today known as Mexico City.
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
Mexico is experiencing this type of environmental concern.
What is air pollution?
300
This Spanish conquistador is famous for conquering the Aztec people.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
300
This language remains as the official language of Brazil, proving this country's lasting influence on Latin America.
What is Portuguese?
300
After a ten-year struggle, Haiti was the first nation in Latin America to gain independence in 1804, in a revolt led by a former slaved named this.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
300
This is the name for soldier-explorers sent to the Americas by Spain.
What is a conquistador?
300
Venezuela is experiencing this type of environmental concern.
What is deforestation and air pollution?
400
This Spanish conqueror defeated the Incan Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
400
Name one of the most important factors in the defeat of the Aztec and Incan Empires by Spanish conquistadors.
What are superior weapons, horses, and European diseases which all overpowered the natives?
400
This Latin American movement showed that poor and native people matter and that their voice cannot be ignored by the government.
What is the Zapatista Movement?
400
The Europeans brought this religion over to the New World.
What is Christianity?
400
Cuba is experiencing this type of environmental conern.
What is air pollution?
500
This man was a Catholic Priest who urged Mexicans to fight for freedom from Spain.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
500
Mexicans who wanted to fight for more power for the people of Mexico were known as this.
Who are Zapatistas?
500
During the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro gained control of the government and allied himself with this country, resulting in American distrust of Cuba
What is the Soviet Union or USSR?
500
These two European countries contributed most to the languages of Latin America
What is Spain and Portugal?
500
Influenza, measles, small pox, and typhoid fever affected the population of the Americas by killing this percentage.