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100
What country is #1?
Mexico
100
What kind of sacrifice was practiced by the Aztecs?
Human sacrifice
100
What were Spanish soldiers sent to the Americas called?
Conquistadors
100
2 of the most important foods FROM the Americas in the Columbian exchange: Pick 2
Potatoes, wheat, lemons, grapes, corn
Potatoes and corn
100
Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
100
The Amazon is threatened by what human activity?
Deforestation
100
The Dominican Republic shares its island with what country?
Haiti
200
What country is #21?
Chile
200
The legend of the Eagle and the snake is associated with which civilization? (Aztec, Inca, or Maya?)
Aztec - Story of Tenochtitlan
200
Where did Christopher Columbus *think* he was landing when he landed in the Caribbean?
Asia
200
What group of people were the largest forced migration (AKA slaves) of human beings in history?
Africans
200
Which city became the destination for Cuban cigar workers during the Spanish American War? (think local)
Ybor City
200
The term for guerillas who fought against the Somoza Army
Sandinistas
200
Which Bolivian born math teacher in east L.A helped his Latino students pass the Ap. calculus exam at Garfield High School?
Jamie Escalante
300
What country is #15?
Brazil
300
The Inca lived in the mountain range of which country?
(Think...Andes Mountains...Machu Pichu)
Peru
300
Who was the indigenous girl given to Hernan Cortes to help him defeat the Aztecs? (Starts with an M)
Malinche
300
What country was colonized by the Portuguese?
Brazil
300
Cubans fled Cuba during Castro's dictatorship. Where did these Cubans settle?
Miami
300
In El Salvador and Nicaragua, revolutions that overthrew military governments became what? (Think of types of government)
Democracies
300
In Argentina and Chile, which phrase was used for citizens who were kidnapped and never seen again?
The disappeared
400
What Country is #19?
Argentina
400
The Inca, Maya, and Aztec are all considered
___-____________ civilizations.
pre-Columbian
400
What were the children of a European-Indian (indigenous) marriage called?
Mestizos
400
What is the mixing of cultures to create new ways of life called?
Cultural diffusion
400
Who was Fidel Castro's main ally and helped implement guerilla warfare?
Che Guevara
400
Who murdered members of Colombia's government in the 1980's and 1990's?
Drug Cartels
400
What system did Fidel Castro use when he tried to improve Cubas economy? (Type of economic system)
Communism
500
What country is #16?
Peru
500
Who was the leader of the Aztec Empire just before the civilization collapsed?
Montezuma
500
What crop became the biggest source of Spanish wealth on the Caribbean islands?
Sugar Cane
500
What system did Spain use to control the Native Americans and use their labor?
The encomienda system
500
In 1902, Cuba's independence was restricted by which US Law?
The Platt Amendment
500
Military leader of Chile who violently persecuted those who opposed him
Augosto Pinochet
500
Which military dictator ruled the Dominican Republic with nearly absolute power before he was assassinated in 1961?
Rafael Trujillo