European Colonization
The two countries that conquered the majority of Latin America.
What is Spain and Portugal.
One negative affect of the Columbian Exchange for the New World (Americas).
What is European diseases?
Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the continents involved in the triangle trade?
Fidel Castro established this kind of government when he took control of Cuba.
What is communist?
Rural areas of Latin America have less access to schools, jobs, and healthcare.
What is the reason rural areas of Latin America experience more poverty?
The official language of Brazil.
What is Portuguese?
Turkeys, pumpkins, corn, tomatoes, and potatoes.
What is goods coming from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?
The leg of the triangle trade where enslaved people were shipped.
The U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba.
What is the reason Cuba and the U.S. are not profitable trading partners?
Better living conditions, to escape violence, and better job opportunities.
What are the main reasons people commonly immigrate from Latin America to the U.S.?
European diseases did not affect African workers, and the indigenous populations became much smaller due to European diseases.
What are the main reasons why Europeans brought enslaved people from Africa to the New World?
Onions, honeybees, peaches, coffee beans, and olives.
What is goods coming from Africa and Europe to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
The leg of the triangle trade where luxuries and manufactured goods were sent.
What is from Europe to the Americas?
The reason the U.S. does not support Cuba.
What is Cuba's communist government system.
To end the abuse of cocaine in the U.S.
What is the initial purpose for the War on Drugs?
The Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations.
What are the indigenous populations of Latin America?
Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
What is the continents involved in the Columbian Exchange?
The leg of the triangle trade where sugar, molasses, and wood were sent.
What is from the Americas to Europe?
This country supported Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.
What is the Soviet Union?
This was seen as a way out of poverty for small farmers in Latin America.
What is the reason small farmers in Latin America started growing coca plants?
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The Columbian Exchange is named after...
What is Christopher Columbus?
The leg of the triangle trade where gold, ivory, spices, and hardwoods were sent.
What is from Africa to Europe?
Cuban citizens experienced more poverty, the U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba, and Cuban citizens experienced fewer freedoms.
What is the three main effects of the Cuban Revolution?
Some Latin American people cross the U.S. border illegally.
What is Latin America immigration causing controversies in the U.S.?