LA Geography
Why is air pollution a major concern in Mexico City?
Can cause breathing issues for people
Damage to vegetation and natural stone
Creates acid rain
Who were the US and Soviet/USSR leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis? (SS6H1c – DOK1)
JFK- American
Kruschev- Soviet Union
Which country helped Cuba develop as a communist country after the Cuban Revolution?
USSR (Soviet Union, Russia)
What is the dominant religion of Europe?
Christianity
Which term best relates to the illegal smuggling of people or products?
Trafficking
Where do most people choose to live in Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela?
Urban Areas
Spain colonized many countries in Latin America. How is Spain’s influence still seen in these countries today?
Language and Religion
Who were the two key individuals associated with the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro and Fulgencio Batista
Which powerful dictator took over and ruled the Soviet Union after Vladamir Lenin died?
Josef Stalin
Sierra Madre Mountains, increase of automobiles, weaker wind patterns, and overpopulation all contribute to this problem in Mexico City.
What two countries are landlocked?
Bolivia and Paraguay
Which historical event resulted from the Cuban decision to allow the USSR to build and maintain a missile launching complex on Cuban soil? (SS6H1c – DOK2)
Cuban Missile Crisis
Haiti was the first Latin American country to accomplish what?
Successful slave revolution
During WWII, there was a mass extermination and attempted genocide (killing off an entire group of people) of Jewish people. What was this significant event called?
The Holocaust
Deforestation in Latin America has been carried out PRIMARILY by which industry?
Cattle Ranching
What three things affect where people live and work?
Location, Climate, Natural Resources
A book about the history of Latin America during the 1800’s featuring Toussaint L’Overture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo would MOST LIKELY have which title?
Independence Movements in Latin America
What was a lasting impact of the Cuban Revolution?
Government adopted communist ideas and reforms resulting in less political freedom for Cubans
Why is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand significant?
This event started World War 2
Which of the following is NOT a recent development in the Amazon Rainforest?
Restoration efforts have stopped completely
Which of the following terms refers to any raw material or agricultural product that is bought and sold such as sugarcane, coffee and tobacco?
Commodity
How did African slaves contribute to the culture of Latin America?
Contributed to new cultural traditions with the blending of ethnic groups
Which of the following best describes why Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs so easily? (SS6H1a – DOK3)
European diseases killed many Native Americans who might have fought the Spanish
Which of these was not a provision of the treaty of versailles?
Increase of German military
Loss of German land
Germany took full responsibility for WWI
Germany had to pay reparations to the allied powers.
Increase of German military
Poverty in some Latin American countries often causes people to —