Geography/Culture
Mesoamerica
Colonialism
Revolutions
2nd Semester Stuff
100

Are Spaniards from Spain (Espana) considered Latinos? 

No, they are European. 

100

What does Mesoamerica mean? 

Middle America

100

Who invaded the Americas? 

Europeans (Spaniards, British, Portuguese, French etc.) 

100

Most of Latin America rebelled for their independent against what European nation? 

Spain

100

Cinco de Mayo is known for what battle? 

Battle of Puebla

200

What Latin America nation only speaks Portuguese?  

Brazil

200

What was the most important crop invented by the Mesoamericans? 

Corn

200

What conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire (Mexico)? 

Hernan Cortez

200

What did Mexico become after it gained its independence from Spain? 

Mexican Empire

200

Who ruled the Second Mexican Empire? 

Emperor Maximiliano Burgos 

300

What are the four regions that make up Latin America

1) Mexico

2) Central America 

3) South America 

4) Caribbean Islands 

300

What were three famous ancient civilizations that existed in the Americas? 

Aztecs, Maya and Inka

300

What conquistador conquered the Inka Empire (Peru)

Francisco Pizzaro

300

What Central American country only speaks English as their official language and why? 

Belize - Conquered by the British Empire

300

Creaser Chavez lead what group for better conditions and wages? 

United Farm Workers Labor Union

400

What is the difference between a Latino vs Hispanic? 

Latino = you're from Latin America

Hispanic = you're from a Spanish speaking nation

400

Where were the Andean Civilizations located? 

Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador 

400

What killed 90 percent of the Indigenous population? 

European Diseases (Small Pox) 

400

What social class (in the Casta System) led revolutions against the Spanish Crown? 

Creoles - Latin Americans of Spanish blood who were born in Latin America

400

What were Central American countries known as when the US Fruit Company came into the region? 

Banana Republics

500

What are some minority groups make up the Latino identity? 

Afro-Latinos 

Asian-Latinos 

Indigenous peoples 

Euro-Latinos

Etc. 

500

Mesoamericans and Andeans were famous for their contribution in what fields?   

Mathematics and Astronomy 

500

What was the system called to socially and racially divide the populations of Latin America? 

Casta System

500

What countries make up Central America Federation? 

Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize

500

What were the 1960s walk-outs about? 

When Latino students walked out school for not being treated with fairly

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