Geography
What is one agricultural product of Latin America?
Soybeans, Corn, Coffee, Fruit, Sugar
Which Pre-Columbian society was located in South America?
Which country controlled most of colonial Latin America?
Spain
Simon Bolivar is often compared to which USA revolutionary?
George Washington
Brazil is home to which rainforest?
Amazon Rainforest
What is the most notable landform of Latin America?
Mountains
What was the exchange of ideas, goods, and disease between Europe and America called?
Columbian Exchange
Which country colonized Brazil?
Portugal
Haiti was a colony of which country?
France
What is the second longest river in the world?
Amazon River
Which mountain range dominates South America?
Which civilization is most closely associated with human sacrifice?
Aztec
What was the dominate religious institution in Colonial Latin America and today?
Catholic Church
Which revolution was largely peaceful?
Brazil
Why is Latin America a popular tourist destination?
Its natural environment
Which desert in located in South America?
Atacama
What are the three Pre-Columbian civilizations we look at?
Inca, Aztec, and Maya
What are the 4 social classes in the colonies?
1. Peninsulares
2. Creoles
3. Mestisos
4. Native Americans and African Slaves
Why was the Haitian revolution unique?
It was a successful slave revolt
What happened to many Latin American nations shortly following independence?
They underwent civil war and split into different nations
What kind of weather does most of Latin America have?
Warm and humid
What were three reasons for the success of the Spanish in the conquest of the Aztec?
Technological advantages
Native Allies
The spread of diseases
The system in which large landed estates were worked by those lower in the social hierarchy and owned by those higher up the chain was called what?
Hacienda system
Who were the three main revolutionaries in the Spanish Colonies?
Miguel Hidalgo, Simon Bolivar, and Jose De San Martin
Who declared Brazil independent?
Prince Pedro who was the future Portuguese monarch