Columbian Exchange
What is another to describe indigenous people in the Americas?
Native Americans
What was the harsh journey of enslaved people from Africa to the Americas called?
The Middle Passage
Why did the Spanish and Portuguese start to bring African enslaved people for free labor instead of continuing to use enslaved indigenous people?
Because too many indigenous people (90%) died due to European diseases, such as small pox and the plague.
People who are both Latinx and of African descent are called__________________.
Afro latino
What type of government does Brazil have?
Presidential Democracy
What was one animal that came from the NEW WORLD to the OLD WORLD?
Turkeys
What types of goods were enslaved people in the Americas working to make?
Cash Crops, such as cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco
What language is spoken do most people speak in Brazil and why?
Portuguese, because Portugal colonized it and forced the indigenous people to speak their language.
Name and describe one way that today's Latin culture is influenced by African roots?
Music-samba, rumba, merengue, Caribbean steel drums, etc.
Many acceptable answers about food, religion, sports, entertainment, and clothes
What type of government does Cuba actually have?
Autocracy
Which 2 continents are considered the New World?
North and South America
Roughly, how many enslaved people were purchased by Europeans in Africa and shipped to the Americas?
About 12.5 million people
What religion did Spain and Portugal spread in Latin America by forcing the native people to convert to it?
Catholicism
Because of racism based on African enslavement, what is one result today in Latin America.
Big differences in land ownership, educational opportunities, and wealth between Latin Americans of African descent and others.
If a government decides to remove incentives for farmers to grow corn, is this a move towards the command side or the market side of the economic continuum?
The Market Side
Name 1 of the ways that the horse changed native culture in the Americas.
Farming was more efficient (pull plows)
Trading could expand (pull carts, longer distances)
Transportation was made easier and cultures were more blended because people could go farther.
Hunting and warfare were also made easier and more productive.
Approximately, what percent of enslaved Africans ended up in Latin America (not the US or Canada)?
95% (only 4.5% went to the US)
What language do most countries in Latin America speak and why?
Spanish, because Spain colonized most of the land in Latin America.
Colorism and racism are both negative impacts of enslaving African people and bringing them to Latin America that people face today, what is the difference?
colorism is bias within a race of people based on the darkness or lightness of people's skin and racism is a bias against a particular race of people.
What branch of government is the executive a part of in a parliamentary democracy?
The Legislative Branch
When did the Columbian Exchange begin?
Late 1400s, early 1500s (1493)
In which continent did the triangle of trade start and end in?
Europe
Explain how Glory was a major motivation for Spain and Portugal in conquering the New World.
European countries were competing with each other to see who could have the largest empires, giving them the most power over the other nations. The more land you conquered, the more glory you would bring to your country.
Name one way that religion in Latin America was influenced by African beliefs?
many answers: day of the dead, voodoo, snateria, etc
Which two hemispheres are MOST of South America in?
The western hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.