Terms
Name the definition:
The systematic destruction of a group of people because of ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.
Genocide
Name the region where the Latifundio system was used the most.
Latin America
Name Cuba's largest sugar buyer.
United States
Name the animals that were once Indigenous to Latin America, then went extinct.
Horses
Who is the Author of Open Vein of Latin America
Eduardo Galeano
Name the definition:
Latin American agriculture
Latifundio
Name the most effective allies against Indigenous people.
Bacteria and Viruses
Silver, Gold
What were the total repercussions of bankruptcy in the 1700.
Lost wars
unemployment
Name the person that was 'seeking out a new world'
Christopher Columbus
Name the definition:
the system based on private property ownership, competition, and limited government
Capitalism
Name the Latin country that had the highest death rate.
Haiti
Name the region of Brazil that has a diversified agriculture.
Palmares
Name some environmental impacts in Cuba because of the sugar mills.
Streams dried up
Lost of Forest
Erosion
Loss of fertilized soil
Who led the first Indian-American Revolution Movement.
Tupac Amaru
Name the definition:
the pursuing of a establishing and maintaining of control, and the exploitation of people and resources by a foreign group.
Colonialism
Name one of the financed profits that were made from the slave-trade.
Railroads
Factories
Industries
Name the # 1 resource of raw material the United States needed.
Iron
How many slaves died during the voyages in 1680-1688?
(there was 70,000. About 2/3 has survived.)
24,000
Who drained Latin America of all its riches to fund religious wars ?
King Charles V
Name the definition:
A small group of people control of a country, organization or institution
Oligarchy
What year did Paraguay recognize Indigenous as human being ?
1957
Name the resources Christopher Columbus was looking for in the beginning of his conquest.
Spices
What kind of agriculture plantations were destroyed during the spaniards conquer and the indians were forced to work in the mines
Yucca, Corn, Sweet Potato, Peanuts, and White Beans
Who's writing(s) inspired Colombus to 'explore' the world ?
Marco Polo