Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slaves being shipped to the Americas from Africa, were transported across this ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Columbian Exchange began after this explorer reached the Americas in the 15th century
Christopher Columbus
The leader of the Cuban Revolution who came to power in 1959.
Fidel Castro
Not having enough money to meet basic needs is called this.
Poverty
These two European countries were the main colonizers of Latin America
Spain and Portugal
Enslaved Africans were mainly taken to work on these large farms.
plantations
Plants, animals, and diseases were exchanged between these two places.
The Old World and the New World
This event was a failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961.
The Bay of Pigs
This illegal trade has caused violence in parts of Latin America.
Drug trafficking/drug trade
This language is spoken in most Latin American countries.
Enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas as a source of this for colonists.
Work/labor
Europeans brought this disease to America that greatly reduced Native populations.
Smallpox
During this 1962 event, the U.S. and Soviet Union came close to nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Many people leave Latin America and move to this large, nearby country in search of better jobs and opportunities
The United States
This large South American country's main language is Portuguese, unlike most other countries in Latin America
Brazil
These are things that Europeans traded in exchange for slaves.
Guns, rum/alcohol, cloth
This New World crop can be found as a sauce in most Italian food today
Tomato
This president was the first to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928
The movement of people from one country to another is called this.
Immigration/Migration
Name one of three early civilizations that existed in Latin America, before the Columbian Exchange
Maya, Aztec, or Inca
The triangular trade route connected Africa, the Americas, and this continent
Europe
The Columbian Exchange began after Columbus reached the Americas in this year.
1492
This military leader, took power by force in 1952, and was later overthrown by Castro in 1959
Fulgencio Batista
These illegal businesses or gangs are responsible for much of the violence and presence of illegal drugs in Latin America.
Cartels
This South American desert, is the driest in the world; some parts of it have not had rain in 500 years
Atacama Desert
Most enslaved Africans were forced to work in the Americas growing this sweet crop.
Sugarcane
This Old World animal was not native to the Americas but improved transportation and farming.
Horses
After Fidel stepped down from power in 2008, his brother took over as leader of Cuba
Raul Castro
President Maduro, of this Latin American country, was recently apprehended by the United States because of drug trafficking accusations
Venezuela
This mountain range is the longest in the world
Andes Mountains