Unit Review: Latin America

History

100

The Romantic languages spoken in the Latin American region. 

What are Portuguese and Spanish languages?

200

The religion primarily practiced in Latin America due to European imperialism. 

What is Catholicism?

300

European motivations to colonize countries in Latin America. 

Gold (wealth)

God (spread their religion)

Glory (fame)

400

A reason why Europeans enslaved Africans and forcibly transported them to the Americas.

Europeans originally tried to enslave people indigenous to the Americas, but many indigenous people escaped or died from warfare, disease, or suicide during colonization.

500

The cultural make up of Latin America. 

Many different cultures make up what we know today as Latin America region. These cultures primarily include indigenous groups, descendants from Africa, descendants of Spanish and Portuguese colonists, and people who have descendants from two or more of these groups.  During colonization someone with people with both European and indigenous blood would be called "mestizos." Overall, many of these groups have blended overtime resulting in various combinations of cultural practices. 

Economics

100

A combination of both command (complete government control of the market) and market (no government control of the market) principles. 

Mixed Economy

200

The percentage of people in a country that can read and write.

Literacy Rate

300

Mexico and Brazil's types of economies. 

Mixed-Market economies with private ownership of businesses and some government regulation of the market. 

400

What literacy rates can tell us about a country. 

Countries with high literacy rates have more

productive workforces, which leads to economic

growth.

500

If a country has a low literacy rate, this is likely to happen. 

Poverty rates will likely increase. 

Physical Features

100

The mountain system located in Mexico.

The Sierra Madre Mountains. 

200

This ocean is East of Latin America.

Atlantic Ocean. 

300

The ocean is west of Latin America.

Pacific Ocean.

400

This physical feature is located on the Pacific coast of South America. It located West the Andes Mountains. 

Atacama Desert. 

500

A physical feature that goes through the isthmus of Latin America. 

Panama Canal.

Political Features

100

The largest country in Latin America. The language spoken here is Portuguese. 

Brazil

200

This country borders many of the southern states in the United States. 

Mexico.

300

This country is an island country 90 miles off the United States border. This country has a command leaning economy. 

Cuba

400

This country borders Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. The Andes Mountains run through this country. 

Chile

500

This country borders Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil.

Colombia

Immigration

100

The process of going to a new country with intentions of living there long term. 

Immigration 

200

Where most Latino U.S. citizens live in the United States

Along the U.S. Mexico border

300

Reasons people flee from Central America to the United States

1. Finding jobs (escaping poverty)

2. More access to resources

3. Escaping drug/gang related violence 

400

Ways the the United States has interfered with governments in Central America

1. Assisting in overthrowing democratically elected leaders in Nicaragua and Guatemala and replacing them with dictators.

2. Sending undocumented and imprisoned immigrants to El Salvador in large numbers.

3. Sending money and weapons to governments when those governments were killing anyone that they thought might be communist (thousands of indigenous people were killed) 

500

Four resources that can be difficult to access when someone faces poverty

1. Access to clean water

2. Access to health care

3. Access to education

4. Access to job security