Triangular Trade
Columbian Exchange
Cuban Revolution
Poverty, War on drugs, migration
Misc.
100

The New World referred to _________________.

The Americas. 

100

The Columbian Exchange was named after ______________________.

Christopher Columbus
100

Which country did Castro get aid from during his rebellion?

The United States

100

What is the term for a group which dominates the trade of a specific product or service usually by violence or force.

Cartel

100

____________ is an official ban on trade or with a particular country. 

Embargo

200

Define the underlined word in the quote.

"Combined with [becoming slaves] and the violence of conquest, disease wiped out nearly the entire indigenous populations of the Caribbean islands settled by Spain between 1492 and 1519."

Native / Native American

200

What item from the Columbian Exchange caused most Native Americans to die?

Disease

200

Which country did Castro get aid from after becoming president of Cuba?

The Soviet Union | USSR

200

According to the document, which Latin American country has the most amount of people migrating to the United States?

Mexico

200

Who was the leader of Cuba before Fidel Castro?

Fulgencio Batista

300

Who was forced into labor before African people were brought over to the Americas?

Native Americans

300

What is an example of an idea that was traded during the Columbian Exchange?

Religion, Language

300

Have relations between the United States and Cuba gotten better? How?

Yes. Barack Obama and Raul Castro met and allowed for some restrictions on the Embargo to be released.

300

What are remittances? 

Money sent to one's family back in their home country.

300

Which two European countries had the biggest impact on Latin America?

Spain and Portugal

400

What is the term used to describe the leg of the triangular trade Africans were brought to the America's on?

The Middle Passage

400

What was a negative impact of the Columbian Exchange on the New World?

Diseases

400

This was the term used to describe the tense situation where Russia moved nuclear missiles to Cuba. 

The Cuban Missile Crisis

400

What term means how well citizens of a country are living.

Standard of Living

400

According to the picture, what religion is most common in South America?

Catholicism

500

Which Latin American country imported more slaves than anywhere in the world?

Brazil

500

Using the picture, what were some negative impacts of the Columbian Exchange?

Diseases

500

What was the plan to arm Cuban exiles living in Florida and send them back to Cuba called?

Bay of Pigs

500

According to the document, what percentage of Latin American people were in the top tier in 2012?

2.6% or 13.7 million people.

500

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev