Arrival of the Europeans
In which Latin American country would you most likely hear Portuguese being spoken today?
Brazil
______________ is the former communist dictator of Cuba who led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in the 1959 Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
The second leg of the triangular trad was called ________________ which brought Africans to the Americas.
Middle Passage
What is the most common religion throughout Latin America today?
Christianity
Which TWO European countries contributed most to the languages and religion of Latin America today?
Spain and Portugal
What happened to many of the indigenous people of Latin America after the arrival of Europeans?
They were killed by European diseases like smallpox.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs Invasion all occurred during which major event between the USA and the Soviet Union?
Cold War
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What was exported from the New world, to be imported into the old world?
Raw materials (sugar, cotton, tobacco and molasses)
What two major empires ruled over much of Latin America before the arrival of the Europeans?
Aztec and Inca
What do the three G's represent, that contributed the the Europeans exploration?
God Gold and Glory
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What Ancient Latin American Civilization was location in the region of the Andes Mountains?
the Incan Empire
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
What was imported into Africa, in exchange for human labor?
Finished products like rum and guns
Where does the term "Latin America" come from?
refers to the origin of languages from the ancient roman empire
Who was a black freedom fighter who led the successful slave revolt on the island of Haiti in beginning in 1791 ending in 1804?
Toussaint L’Overture
When Priest come over from Europe to the New World "the Americas" what did they set up?
Schools, Spanish missions, Churches and Hospitals
The Cuban Revolution led to the establishment of a ______________ first government in the Western Hemisphere.
Communist
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What was one crop that had a positive benefit to both the new and old world, by boosting economies and creating jobs for people as farmers in both worlds?
Mazie (Corn)
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What are the three factors that contribute to the migration of people from one region to another? (need all 3 factors)
Economic opportunity
natural disasters
War and Violence
Saint-Domingue (Haiti) was a colony of what country?
France
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Which TWO crops heled to fuel the development of slavery and global capitalist markets? (need both crops for points)
Tobacco and Sugarcane
What were the 4 promises that Castro made to the Cuban people? (need all 4 promises)
Make all Cubans Literate
end American dominance over Cubans businesses.
give all Cubans Healthcare
Redistribute wealth to all Cubans.
As result of slave trade, people of African descent spread throughout the Americas and Western Europe, this was called?
African Diaspora
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Under Batista's rule, what type of businesses did the Americans control in Cuba?
Sugar farms and mining companies
How did the US find out about the building of Missile Storage buildings and missile launch pads in Cuba?
a US spy plane flew over the island Cuba and took pictures of what the Soviets were building in Cuba