Each city from this southern Mexico Latin American civilization were located near farming areas that grew maize, squash and beans; others controlled mineral resources such as jade and obsidian.
What is the Olmec civilization?
100
The century in which most of Latin America gained independence.
What is the 1800s?
100
Most Latin American people today practice this religion.
What is Roman Catholicism?
100
In addition to Christianity, these four faiths are also practiced in Latin America.
What are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism?
100
This Ancient Civilization was the first in Latin America.
What is the Olmec?
200
This Ancient Civilization located in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula used hieroglyphics to record history.
What is the Mayan Civilization?
200
The place in Latin America where the first successful revolt against European rule happened.
What is Haiti?
200
Most Latin American people today speak one of these two languages.
What are Portuguese or Spanish?
200
This Latin American country is second in the world to play this sport.
What is baseball?
200
This Ancient civilization created a calendar and complex number system.
What is the Maya?
300
This Ancient Civilization in Central Mexico had a beautiful capital city built in a lake on rafts that eventually sank and became fertile islands.
What is the Aztec?
300
Two Catholic priests, Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos urged poorer Mexicans to do this.
What is fight for Mexican Independence?
300
What two countries are expected to double in population by 2050?
What are Guatemala and Honduras?
300
This is the prevalent sport in Latin America.
What is soccer?
300
The Inca developed this to unite their territories.
What is a network of roads?
400
This European Spanish explorer landed on Mexico's Gulf coast and conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortez?
400
In 1819 Simón Bolivar led the fight for independence for these four present-day countries.
What are Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia?
400
This movement of people has greatly shaped Latin America's population. In the past, Europeans, Africans, and Asians came to Latin America in large numbers. Today people from Korea and Syria come to Latin America to look for jobs.
What is migration?
400
The name of celebration that is held the day before Ash Wednesday.
What is Carnival?
400
In colonial times these leaders ruled Latin America while most people remained poor and powerless.
What were dictators, the military, or wealthy groups or cuadillos?
500
In addition to Aztec conquests, the conquering of this Ancient Civilization provided Spain with enormous wealth.
What is conquering of the Inca empire?
500
After winning independence many of the new Latin American countries passed laws that ended this.
What is slavery?
500
The term that refers to people of mixed European and Native American descent.
What is mestizos?
500
This is the main ingredient in the national dish of Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.