What is The widespread exchange of plants, animals, human population (slaves), ideas, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemisphere
100
What was the "Triangle Trade"?
What is Natural resources (raw materials), goods, and slaves bought and sold between the Americas, Europe, and West Africa from the 1500’s to 1800’s
100
This event was when a former lawyer from Cuba took over the Cuban government by gaining support through false promises and eventually seized absolute power
What is Cuban Revolution
100
What was the "War on Drugs?
What is The U.S.’s effort to limit use of illegal drugs and drug trafficking from Latin America
100
A 13 day event where the U.S. discovered the USSR had secret missile bases on the island of Cuba and almost let to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
200
This was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange and decimated thousands of natives in the New World
What is disease
200
This was when missionaries were sent from Spain to the New World to convert natives to Catholicism and teach them Spanish language
What is the Mission System
200
This person was elected President of Cuba, made himself dictator after his election, and then was eventually pushed out of power by Castro
Who is Fulgencio Batista
200
What countries were involved in the "War on Drugs"?
Who is the U.S., Latin America, Mexico
200
This event was an unsuccessful attempt by the U.S. and Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro and his communist government
What is the Bay of Pigs
300
This is the Spanish word that describes a person who set out to conquer the New World during the “Age of Discovery”
What is conquistador
300
The King of this country send missionaries to the New World to help keep control of his colonies/land
What is Spain
300
Castro set up this type of government, where a single authoritarian party controls the political and economic systems and eliminates private property
What is communist
300
Some claim that the this campaign led to an increase in political corruption and violence
What is the "War on Drugs"
300
The U.S. has had this type of trade barrier with Cuba since 1962-prohibits buying, selling, or trading goods with another country
What is an embargo
400
The original person who set the Line of Demarcation, which was the line that divided the land in the new world between Spain and Portugal
Who is Pope Alexander VI
400
People from West Africa who were captured then bought and sold for forced labor in the New World (the Americas)
What is slaves
400
This man pushed Batista out of power, seized absolute control of Cuba, and then set up a communist government
Who is Fidel Castro
400
Due to failing health, Fidel Castro turned power over too this person in 2008.
Who is Raul Castro, his brother
400
Who was the the U.S. President at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is President John F. Kennedy
500
The Line of Demarcation was set to divide new land between Spain and Portugal. Which directions of the line did each country get?
What is Spain got everything west of the line, and Portugal got everything east of the line
500
What was the main religion and language the missionaries taught the natives in Mexico and Latin America?
What is Catholicism and Spanish
500
Cuba was allies with this other communist country
Who is U.S.S.R
500
In 2016, this President visited Cuba for the first time in decades
What is President Obama
500
Who was the premier of the U.S.S.R during the Cuban Missile Crisis?