Slavery
One of the negative effects of the cultural diffusion Latin America experienced during the age of European exploration of the New World included an expansion of the _______________.
slave trade
Indigenous people didn't have _______, horses, wheeled vehicles, long-distance shipping, steel and alphabetic writing.
firearms
Which European nation attempted to colonize Haiti and left an ongoing cultural legacy on Haitian society?
France
Indigenous people or natives were referred to as ___________.
Indians
Many people living in Central America have modified the physical environment by cutting down _________ to clear land for farming.
rainforests
The creation of sugar plantations in Brazil during the eighteen and nineteenth centuries created a problem because a need for workers encouraged _____________.
expansion of slavery
Why did disease spread to the Indians?
They were't immunized.
One way language patterns in Caribbean were affected by cultural diffusion was several European languages replaced many _________ _________.
indigenous languages
People from Spain are called ___________.
Spaniards
The Colombian Exchange introduced which economic activity into South American culture?
Cattle ranching
The origins of calypso music in the Caribbean region can be traced to the contributions of __________ who were brought to the region as enslaved people.
Africans
Why were the Europeans able to conquer the places they wanted when they wanted?
They were more advanced.
Which technology led to a diffusion of culture from Europe to Latin America in the late 1400's and 1500's?
Caravel ships
In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe and arrived in the Bahamas.
Christopher Columbus
A body of land that juts out and is surrounded by water on three sides.
peninsula
Enslaved Africans that were brought for work in South America were also responsible for the diffusion of many new popular forms of _______, _______, and ________.
dance, foods, and music
It means rapid spread, growth, or development
epidemic
The migration of European colonists to South America changed the character of the region by significantly changing the ___________ and language patterns.
religion
People from Portugal are called __________.
Portuguese
A large, rolling flat area of land that is higher than the rest of the land.
plateau
The condition of being owned and worked by and for someone.
Slavery/enslaved
Latin America includes all of South America, Mexico, Central America and __________.
The islands of the Caribbean.
One way cultures of Central America were influenced by Spanish colonization was the introduction of ____________ and the Spanish language into the region.
Christianity
The two-way exchanges between the ___________ and __________ /__________ are known as the Columbian Exchange.
Americas Europe/Africa
A pointed piece of land that extends or sticks out into the sea.
cape