Triangular Trade
They replaced Indigenous people as plantation workers in the New World during the Triangular Trade
Who were AFRICAN SLAVES?
They died in large numbers from smallpox, influenza, and other European diseases during the Columbian Exchange.
Who were INDIGENOUS PEOPLE?
Also acceptable: Natives, Native Americans
This leader led the Cuban Revolution and promised the Cuban people healthcare, education, jobs, and freedom from poverty.
Who was FIDEL CASTRO?
Many Latin Americans have immigrated to this North American country to seek jobs and a better life.
What is the UNITED STATES?
or What is the U.S.?
Also acceptable: What is Mexico?
Which 2 countries had the greatest cultural impact on Latin America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
What are SPAIN and PORTUGAL?
African slaves were taken here to work on plantations that grew cash crops that made a lot of money for Spain and Portugal.
What is LATIN AMERICA?
Also acceptable: What was the New World? What were the Americas? What were the Caribbean?
The Columbian Exchange was named after this explorer who was of Italian origin and sailed for the Portuguese Crown.
Who was CHRISTHOPHER COLUMBUS?
Fidel Castro silences and censored this group during his rule
Who are the MEDIA and Newspaper outlets
One reason for migration of Latin Americans to other regions and countries is this.
What is poverty?
What is to have better opportunities?
What is to get jobs/work?
What is economic stability?
What is to escape crime?
What is to live a better life?
This geographical term is known as Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Sugarcane, tobacco, and coffee became worldwide _______ as a result of the Triangular Trade.
What were CASH CROPS
Also acceptable: products, goods, foods
This Romance language is now spoken in most Latin American countries as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is SPANISH?
U.S.-Cuban trade relations were poor and President Kennedy placed a full embargo on Cuba for becoming Communist. Restrictions are still in place, but trade relations are improving since this U.S. president visited with Cuba. He was the first to do so in almost 100 years.
Who is BARACK OBAMA?
Also acceptable: Obama
In Latin American countries today, the rich tend to be fewer in number and EXTREMELY WEALTHY compared to ________.
Who are THE POOR?
or Who are poor people?
Which government type has a foothold in the western hemisphere since the Soviets and Cubans joined forces during the Cuban Revolution?
What is COMMUNISM?
Also acceptable: dictatorship
Because they had immunity to diseases, were smart and skilled workers, and were accustomed to the hot climate explains why the Europeans chose this group to work the sugarcane crops.
Who were the AFRICAN Slaves
This religion is the most dominant in Latin American countries as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is CHRISTIANITY?
Also acceptable: Catholicism/Catholic
This type of war almost happened between the U.S. and the Soviet Union when Fidel Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.
What is a nuclear war?
Most workers in Central America tend to be employed in agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries which makes little money. Some turn to the _________ trade because it makes more money.
What is the Drug Trade
This was a 3-way system of trade routes from the 1500's to the 1700's that involved transporting African slaves to the New World to work on plantations that grew cash crops, such as sugarcane, coffee, and tobacco.
What was the TRIANGULAR TRADE?
One effect of African slavery in Latin America is the blending of cultures resulting in the blending of families and ancestors called _________ and _______
What are mestizos and mulattos?
Wheat, cattle, pigs, horses came from here
WHAT ARE THINGS THAT CAME TO THE NEW WORLD FROM THE OLD WORLD?
Also acceptable: What came from the Old World?
The early policies of Fidel Castro instituted sweeping land reforms, nationalized private commerce and industry, and seized American _________.
What are BUSINESSES?
Also acceptable: What is property?
When a nation's wealth is not fairly shared among its citizens, especially the poor, this is called a or an __________ distribution of wealth.
What is UNEQUAL?
Also acceptable: uneven, unfair
This was the movement of plants, animals, people, cultures, ideas, and diseases from the Old World to the New World and the New World to the Old World.
What was the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?