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What is evidence that most countries in Latin America were colonized by the Spanish?
They speak Spanish
100
Who was a creole?
Someone in Latin America who was of European descent?
100
What is an oligarchy?
A government by a few powerful leaders
100
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis Start?
the USSR tried to place long range missiles in Cuba
100
Why was the Panama Canal built in Panama?
the geography
200
What country was colonized by the Portuguese?
Brazil
200
What two ethnic groups mixed in Mexico to create the current culture in the region today?
Native and Spanish/European
200
What is a junta?
a government under harsh military rule
200
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
200
What country has a canal the connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Panama
300
What caused the decline of the Aztec Empire
Spanish Conquistadors/Conquerors, cam to the region and took over using violence and force
300
What three ethnic groups mixed in Central America to create the current culture in the region today?
Native, African, and European
300
Why do people often turn to military dictators in difficult times?
they seek stability often provided by harsh, military rule
300
How did the Cuban Missile Crises end?
USSR removed missiles from Cuba when US agreed to remove missiles from Turkey
300
What country is directly south of the United States?
Mexico
400
What cash crop was most important in Brazil?
Sugar
400
What three ethnic groups mixed in Caribbean to create the current culture in the region today?
Native American, African, and European
400
What is the legacy of Juan and Eva Peron?
They introduced economic reforms in Argentina
400
During the Cold War, Soviet and American interactions in Cuba and Chile, are all examples of what?
Proxy Wars
400
Who were the Conquistadors?
Spanish Conquerors looking for Gold and Glory in the new world
500
Why did the Portuguese want to use slave labor in Brazil
Cheap laborers to work the Sugar Plantations
500
traditionally, How did race and ethnicity often translate to wealth in Latin America?
Creoles had most of the wealth, mestizos less, and African descendants even less
500
What Latin American leader believed revolutionary socialism would lead to progress ?
Fidel Castro
500
What role did the US and USSR play in Latin America during the Cold War?
Both promised to give money and aid to futher their own political ideology
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Who used to make up the mestizo population?
Native Latin Americans who mixed with European or African descendants