Ancient Latin America
Exploration of Latin America
Columbian Exchange
Colonialism
Latin American Independence
100

This ancient civilization is located in South America along the Andes mountains.

The Inca

100

This explorer and conquering first "discovered" the Taino in 1492. I need first and last name spelled correctly.

Christopher Columbus

100

This highly caloric green food that came from the New World, as well as potatoes, provided nutrition for the Europeans that they were not used to.

Avocados

100

This word describes foods farmed purely for the purpose of selling to other parts of the world. (2 words)

Cash crops

100

This person liberated Haiti.

Toussaint Louverture

200

This civilization is located in central and Southern Mexico, with Tenochitlan as capital.

The Aztec

200

This explorer conquered the Inca civilization. I need first and last name, spelled correctly.

Francisco Pizarro

200

This red fruit was exported to the Old World from the New World, changing Italian cuisine forever.

Tomato

200

This words describes the economic system where Natives provided labor and paid taxes to the land owners. In return, land owners would offer them protection and guidance on Catholicism.

Encomienda (System)

200

This liberator freed Brazil from Portugal. (2 words and 1 number)

Dom Pedro I

300

These ancient peoples used terrace farming on their mountainous terrain.

The Inca

300

This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world, and passed through the very bottom of South America, where a path was named after him called the Strait of ________.

Magellan

300

Percentage of people in the New World who died from disease after explorers arrived. 

50-90%

300

In Colonial Latin America, a new class system took place from the Spaniards.

This group of people were 2nd class citizens, comprising of those born in the New World but were full blooded Spaniards.

Creoles

300

This liberator freed Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Panama.

Simon Bolivar

400

Which ancient people were located in the Caribbean, mostly in Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Haiti?

The Taino

400

The explorer who conquered the Aztec king. I need first and last name, spelled correctly.

Hernan Cortes

400

The three animals that the Old World provided to the New World.

Pigs Cows Horses

400

In Colonial Latin America, a new class system took place from the Spaniards. Which group of people were at the top of the class pyramid? Spelling matters!

Penninsulares

400

This liberator freed Argentina and Chile. (4 words)

Jose De San Martin

500

The Aztec performed this type of farming, which used the terrain to make use of swampy lands.

Chinampas

500

This was the only explorer who is Portuguese. He visited the New World, landing in Brazil.

Pedro Alvarez Cabral

500

What did the demand in sugar cause directly?

The increase of the Atlantic Slave Trade with Africa, sending goods to Europe.

500

In Colonial Latin America, a new class system took place from the Spaniards.

Which class was the mix of Spanish and Native American?

Mestizos

500

Describe the transformation of the U.S. involvement in Latin America between the Monroe Doctrine, the Roosevelt Corollary, to Dollar Diplomacy. Instead of mainly military pursuits, what form of control did the U.S. focus on?

Economic Pursuits