Category 1
Which group arrived to Latin America in the 1500s?
Enslaved Africans
True or false: Most people live in rural areas
False
Poverty and malnutrition are common because of the _________________________ between the rich and poor
wide gap
Which areas are more populated: inland or coastal?
coastal
overcrowded, poor living conditions, limited resources, population growth
What are the Spanish conquerors called?
conquistadors
List the reasons the coastal areas are more populated
climate, fertile land, access to transportation
What group blends ancient practices and Roman Catholicism in their religion?
Natives and Africans
Why did Native Americans die during European Conquests?
diseases and hard labor
List at least 3 pull factors people migrate to the US.
Diego Rivera's art showed....
the struggle of farmers trying to win social rights in Mexico.
Who is still under foreign rule?
Some Caribbean islands
push factor
What idea left over from the Spanish and Portuguese makes it harder for women to have power in Latin America?
male supremacy
What leader started the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro