Political Cartoons
This is the caricature often used to represent Romanian politicians
Vampires
This civilization built a powerful empire in the Andes Mountains
Inca
This term refers to a large estate or plantation in Spanish America, often worked by Indigenous or enslaved labour.
hacienda
This 1776 revolution inspired independence movements across the Americas
The American revolution
This South American leader is often called “The Liberator” for helping free several countries from Spanish rule.
Simon Bolivar
This is the name of the personification of England
John Bull
This Aztec farming technique used floating garden beds built on shallow lake waters.
Chinampas
This term describes people in colonial Latin America who were of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.
mestizos
This leader united enslaved people and became one of the most important military and political figures of the Haitian Revolution before independence.
Toussaint Louverture
This Haitian revolutionary leader declared Haiti’s independence in 1804 and later became emperor.
Jean Jacques Dessalines/ Dessalines
Often used to represent soviet Russia
The bear
This Maya writing system used symbols and pictures to record history, religion, and important events.
hieorglyphics (glyphs)
This Inca system used knotted cords to keep records in the absence of a written alphabet.
quipu
One major reason many Creoles in Latin America wanted independence was because they were frustrated that this group held the highest political power in the colonies.
peninsulares
This revolutionary leader helped liberate the southern parts of South America such as Argentina
Jose de San Martin
The real life man who inspired the creation of "Uncle Sam" was from this state
New York
This civilization did NOT have a central government
Maya
This word describes a sudden, complete overthrow of a government or political system, like what happened in France in 1789.
revolution
This term describes people in North America who wanted to stay British
loyalists
This French general, Napoleon’s brother-in-law, led the expedition to Saint-Domingue and died there in 1802.
Charles Leclerc
The original creator of the "Join or Die" political cartoon
Benjamin Franklin
Mexican civilisation that existed before Maya & Aztecs
Olmecs
his social hierarchy in colonial Spanish America ranked people based on ancestry, birthplace, and race.
caste system (casta)
This phrase describes the spread of revolutionary ideas and movements from one country to another
Enlightenment ideas
This was the first ruler of independent Brazil
Pedro I