Government,Geography & Regions
name all three branches of government.
legislative, executive, and judicial branch
Most people in Latin America speak what languages?
Spanish and Portuguese.
Spain and Portugal came to the Americas to gain...
Wealth. (gold, land, and resources)
People who lived in a region before settlers arrived.
Indigenous
Describe the living conditions black africans endured to get to the new world?
packed on ships, chained and shackles together. little food and water. many became sick and died. forced to work on plantations and farms.
what is the largest rainforest in South America and the longest river in LAtin America?
Amazon Rainforest & Amazon River
What religion did the Spanish and Portuguese spread throughout Latin America?
Catholicism/Christianity
What were the large farms called, that grew sugar and tobacco in North America and Latin America
Plantations and Haciendas
A long journey by sea
Voyage
Growing crops like tobacco and sugarcane. (Later came cotton and rice)
This mountain range runs along the western side of South America.
The Andes Mountains
Portuguese is the official language of ?
Brazil
What did Spain and Portugal do?
Forced Indigenous people in Latin America to work, but many died from disease because they had no immunity, so they enslaved africans from west africa and starting the TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.
Growing crops to sell for profit instead of personal use is called this.
Cash Crop
Why did the Europeans colonize the americas?
To get wealth, claim land, spread their religion and gain power.
This region connects North and South America.
Central America
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
A piece of land in Europe where Spain and Portugal are located.
what did Christopher Columbus do?
Sailed across the Atlantic and discovered the Americas..
What is it called when people take over land in America and settle there?
Colonization
Why did countries like Spain and Portugal begin enslaving Africans?
Because many Native Americans died from disease and harsh labor, and they thought African could survive the hard work.
Colonization happened when Spain and Portugal did what?
Took over land in Americas and settled there
During the colonial period half of the new world belong to?
Portugal
one major reason Africans were brought to the Americas was to provide...
Labor ( workers for plantations)
what was the exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases, and goods.
The Columbian Exchange.
Spain and Portugal were the first to enslave (Indigenous) Native American people but they started dying from what disease?
Smallpox