The war that preceded the tension between the US and Latin America
What is the Cold War?
100
This is one of the bigger issues in Latin America.
What is the Drug Trafficking/Drug War?
100
a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
What is Democracy?
100
Considered to be one of the founding fathers of Chile.
Who is José Carrera?
100
The most popular ingredient in Latin American cuisine.
What is maize?
200
This is the country that causes dispute between the United States and Latin America.
What is Cuba?
200
This type of government is what Latin America is fighting to achieve.
What is a democracy?
200
It took Latin America this many years to develop democracy.
What is 50 years?
200
Fought the Spanish from 1810 to 1818 until Chile achieved independence.
Who is Bernardo O'Higgins?
200
The celebration in Latin American countries of a girl becoming a woman on her 15th birthday.
What is a quinceañera?
300
The amount of Latin American countries that discussed issues between the US and Latin America.
What is 29?
300
What Latin American country is the largest source of opiates, methamphetamines, and marijuana?
What is Mexico?
300
In order for democracy to exist, these qualities must be in place.
What is a equality, individual rights, ruled by fair law and national identity.
300
Central figure in the Cuban revolution and replaced Batista as dictator.
Who is Fidel Castro?
300
The celebration of dead ancestors where Mexicans decorate sugar skulls and altars.
What is el día de los muertos?
400
The idea of shielding a countries domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
What is protectionism?
400
The Latin American struggle for democracy is blocked by the nation's lack of these.
What is integration and independence?
400
These slowed down growth of democracy in Latin America.
What are weak governments and weak economic systems?
400
Nicaraguan dictator who ad the most corrupt administration but was supported by the USA.
Who is Anastasio Somoza?
400
The language spoken in Brazil
What is Portuguese?
500
The two countries that raised their trade barriers from the United States.
What are Brazil and Argentina?
500
Cocaine and other narcotics are shipped from this country to Europe.
What is Venezuela?
500
The Un believed this conflict following free elections would cease the growth of government in Latin America.
What is economic growth?
500
Mexican farmer who was key in the Mexican revolution/