Geography & Migration
These three countries make up the Northern Triangle.
What are Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador?
This explorer is credited with opening sustained contact between Europe and the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This enslaved population successfully overthrew colonial rule and created Haiti.
Who are the Haitian Revolutionaries?
This Cuban revolutionary overthrew Fulgencio Batista.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This term describes the wave of left-leaning governments that emerged throughout Latin America in the 2000s.
What is the Pink Tide?
People from this South American country have made up one of the largest refugee and migrant populations in the Western Hemisphere in recent years.
What is Venezuela?
This conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
This leader is known as the "Liberator" of much of South America.
Who Simon Bolivar?
This failed 1961 invasion attempted to overthrow Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This current Chilean president emerged after the 2019 protest movement.
Who is Gabriel Boric?
This term refers to permission granted by the U.S. government allowing certain individuals to temporarily enter the country for urgent humanitarian reasons.
What is humanitarian partrol?
This conquistador defeated the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This priest launched Mexico's independence movement with the Grito de Dolores.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
This democratically elected Chilean president was overthrown in 1973.
Who is Salvador Allende?
This Argentine president has become famous for his libertarian economic reforms.
Who is Javier Milei?
To receive asylum in the United States, applicants must demonstrate this standard.
What is credible fear?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Why did Creoles often lead independence movements in Latin America?
They had wealth and influence but lacked political power compared to Peninsulares.
The CIA helped remove this Guatemalan president after he attempted land reform.
Who is Jacobo Arbenz?
The name of the Chilean economists who studied capitalistic policies in the US and brought these policies to Chile
Who are the Chicago Boys?
This app was introduced by the U.S. government to allow migrants to schedule appointments at ports of entry.
What is the CBP One app?
This labor system granted Spaniards the right to Indigenous labor.
What is Encomienda System?
What doctrine warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In Nicaragua's civil conflict, the United States supported this anti-Sandinista group.
Who are the Contras?
What economic philosophy emphasizes privatization, free markets, and reduced government involvement?
What is neoliberalism?