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Latin America A
Latin America B
Latin America C
Caribbean
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100
This colony was Portugal's only colony in Latin America
What is BRAZIL ?
100
This man was responsible for the fall of the INCAS
Who is FANCISCO PIZZARO?
100
Latin America is located completely within this hemisphere
What is the WESTERN HEMISPHERE?
100
The 1991 event that drastically effected cuba's economy
What is the COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION?
100
The poorest nation in the entire Western Hemisphere
What is HAITI?
200
This country had the greatest effect on Latin American culture
What is SPAIN
200
These two leaders are credited with helping areas of SOUTH AMERICA gain independence
Who are JOSE de SAN MARTIN AND SIMON BOLIVAR?
200
Haiti was once a colony of this country
What is FRANCE?
200
This event increased tension between the United States and Cuba during the Cold War
What is THE CUBAM MISSLE CRISIS?
200
Tenochtitlan was the center of this ancient civilization
What is AZTEC CIVILIZATION?
300
Most of these rulers in Latin America were concerned mainly with getting rich and holding power
Who are CAUDILLOS?
300
To reduce their dependence on one natural resource, many Latin Ameican countries have begun to do this
What is DIVERSIFY THEIR ECONOMY?
300
What were Spain's two most important colonies in the Americas?
What are NEW SPAIN & PERU ?
300
What Puerto Rico is to the United States
What is a COMMONWEALTH?
300
Carribean islands are formed of either one of these two things
What are TOPS OF UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS & CORAL (skeletons of tiny sea animals)?
400
Latin Americans who are of mixed indigenous and Spanish heritage
Who are MESTIZOS?
400
Reasons Spanish soldiers easily deeated powerful ancient civilizations in Latin America.
What are: 1. The Spanish had horses 2. The Spanish had armour 3. The Spanish had guns 4. The Spanish were immune to European diseases
400
By joining these, many Latin American countries have tried to improve their economies
What are TRADE ORGANIZATIONS?
400
The first democratically elected leader of Haiti
Who is JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE?
400
The first EUROPEAN colony in Latin America to win independence
What is HAITI?
500
Under the leadership of Simon Bolivar, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama joined in a federation known as this
What is GRAN COLOMBIA?
500
The long mountain range that runs along the west coast of South America
What is THE ANDES MOUNTAINS?
500
This civilization was located along the western coast of South America
What is INCA CIVILIZATION?
500
How America came to control the territory of Puerto Rico in 1889
What is the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR?
500
Some of the changes slowly coming to Cuba since 1991
1) PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF SOME BUSINESSES 2) ENCOURAGEMENT OF TOURISM 3) LOOSENED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM U.S. TO CUBA