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Enslaved Africans, Indigenous populations, and European immigrants have all come together to create what?
blended cultures
What language is spoken in Brazil, which is different from the rest of South America? Who do you think colonized it?
Portuguese is the most spoken language in Brazil, and Portugal colonized it.
What geographic feature is located in Peru and Chile that protects its Eastern boundary, or people from going to the interior of South America?
Andes Mountains
What country in South America has the main export as oil?
Venezuela
What central American country connects Central America with South America? Name the country.
Panama
Where can the origins of Calypso and Reggae music be traced back to?
slavery
What three reasons did Spain and Portugal have to colonize the Americas? (3 G’s)
God, Gold, and Glory
What would be the vocabulary word to describe the Incas
Indigenous people
A waterway that allows ships to pass through between North and South America
Panama Canal
What language is spoken in Brazil. Who do you think colonized it?
Portuguese, Portugal
When Christopher Columbus came to the Americas, what were the 4 things that were introduced (good and bad) to the New World?
1)Cattle Ranching
2)Slavery
3)Beliefs
4) Languages
Why do you think the main religion of South America is mostly Christian today?
Conquering armies (from Spain and Portugal) force their beliefs on the conquered (Latin America indigenous population)
What is the definition of Cash Crops?
Crops that are sold for profit
Tax on imported goods
Tariffs
Which indigenous tribe was located in the Andes Mountains?
Incas
What are ways that people modify(change) their physical environment?
1)Building bridges and roads
3) Deforestation
4) Terraced Farming
Cuba and Haiti are in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, what is likely an issue that they could have in regards to imports and exports?
Their location means that they have high costs to import and export goods.
What cash crop was in the Caribbean and required hard labor to harvest?
Sugar cane
Deforestation- Give an example of where it is happening in South America
Amazon Rainforest
Which indigenous tribe created a calendar system?
Mayans
What language is spoken in MOST of South America- who do you think colonized it?
Spanish is the mostly spoken language, and Spain colonized it.
In what country is the Amazon Rainforest MOSTLY located in?
Brazil
What European country colonized Haiti?
France
What historical event led to the development of Reggae music in Jamaica over the last few decades?
slavery
What indigenous tribe chartered constellations/stars. They were engineers.
Aztecs