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Geography and Early Civilizations
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Modern Latin America
100
An important factor that limits development of transportation systems in Latin America.
What is... Geography?
100
What was the second most important European power in Latin America (after Spain)?
Portugal
100
What was the exchange of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe called?
The Columbian Exchange
100
Why did millions of Native Americans die after the "Encounter"?
European diseases
100
The most spoken language in Latin America.
What is... Spanish?
200
What were the three most advanced civilizations in pre-European Latin America?
Inca, Aztec, and Maya
200
Why were the Spanish able to quickly defeat the Native American civilizations in Latin America?
military technology
200
What is the purpose of the OAS?
cooperation in the Americas
200
The name of the trade of human beings between Africa, Europe, and the Americas?
The Atlantic Slave Trade (or Triangle Trade)
200
Most Latin American countries now have what type of government?
Democracies
300
Define "polytheistic".
the belief in many gods
300
What were the "three G's" that Spanish explorers were searching for?
Gold, God and Glory
300
What is the name of the economic relationship where colonies produce raw materials and the mother country produces manufactured goods?
Mercantilism
300
Europeans brought slaves form where.
Africa
300
What kind of revolution took place in Cuba in 1959?
Communist/Marxist
400
The name of the largest mountain range spanning South America.
What are ... the Andes Mountains?
400
Who were the three elites in colonial Latin America?
Landowners, church, military
400
What are two vegetables native to the Americas?
corn and potato
400
The name of the forced labor system that forced Native Americans to work for Spaniards.
Encomienda system
400
What are two challenges facing Latin America?
poverty-wealth distribution, investment capital
500
where do most Latin Americans live.
on the coasts
500
Warm temperatures and heavy rain encourage the growth of the.
rain forests
500
The Spanish came to South America to look for.
gold
500
A Caribbean island that mines nickle is
Cuba