Transatlantic Slave Trade
Enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas to provide this for colonists.
Work/labor
The Columbian Exchange began after this explorer reached the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
The leader of the Cuban Revolution who came to power in 1959.
Fidel Castro
Not having enough money to meet basic needs is called this.
Poverty
These two European countries were the main colonizers of Latin America
Spain and Portugal
Enslaved Africans were mainly taken to work on these large farms.
plantations
Plants, animals, and diseases were exchanged between these two places.
The Old World and the New World
This event was a failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961.
The Bay of Pigs
This illegal trade has caused violence in parts of Latin America.
Drug trafficking/drug trade
This language is spoken in most Latin American countries.
Europeans brought this disease that greatly reduced Native populations.
Smallpox
During this 1962 event, the U.S. and Soviet Union came close to nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Many people leave Latin America and move to this large, nearby country in search of better jobs and opportunities
The United States
This large South American country's main language is Portuguese, unlike most other countries in Latin America
Brazil
This president was the first to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928
The movement of people from one country to another is called this.
Immigration/Migration
These illegal businesses or gangs are responsible for much of the violence and presence of illegal drugs in Latin America.
Cartels