Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
100
How did Latin American nations try and boost their economies during the 1970s?
They borrowed lots of money from foreign governments.
27 million --> 315 million
100
One of the principal goals of left-wing governments when they came to power:
What is land redistribution
100
The way Napoleon would say "blow of the state."
What is "coup d'etat"
200
The radical leaders during the 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution were:
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
200
The policy used by the United States to make sure that Communism did not spread:
What is "containment"
200
Latin America's export/import economy relied on Latin American countries exporting _____ crops and buying manufactured goods.
Cash crops
200
The year the Good Neighbor Policy was enacted:
What is 1933.
200
Spanish nickname given to the United Fruit Company.
What is "El Pulpo" or the octopus
300
The only nation to achieve its independence without bloodshed during the 19th century
What is Brazil
300
Why did the CIA have to secretly funnel money to the Contras?
In 1984, US Congress banned all US assistance to the Contras.
300
What is the greatest benefit for the consumer from the passage of NAFTA?
What is cheaper goods because of integrated markets.
300
Salvador _________ was elected as a __________ Marxist president of Chile.
Allende / Revisionist
300
Chileans were influenced by previous non-violent movements such as ________________ during the "____" Campaign
What is MLK and civil rights in USA / Nelson Mandela and end of apartheid in South Africa / Gandhi in India
"No" campaign
400
Gran Colombia was comprised of four modern countries:
What is Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
400
The leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
400
Name the major exports of the following nations:
Mexico:
Chile:
Brazil: (2 answers)
Nicaragua:
Mexico: oil
Chile: copper (or nitrates, but you should put copper)
Brazil: rubber and coffee
Nicaragua: coffee
400
The United States became more paternalistic and controlling of Latin America after the ratification of what document?
What is the Monroe Doctrine
Daily double: What year was it passed?
400
Identify (and spell correctly) the leader of the Haitian Revolution
Who is Toussaint L'Overture
500
The Sandinistas were supported by which two countries
Cuba and Mexico
500
The Cold War was a war fought over competing ideologies between the USA and USSR. Nuclear war was the threat either side could use, what term was used to describe the reason why neither side attacked?
What is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
500
What led to privatization of industries in Mexico during the 1980s?
What is oil price crash
Daily double: Name the man who bought up all of Mexico's telecommunications industry:
500
Draw and label the Social-Political pyramid of colonial Latin America