Physical Geography
Mountain system in Mexico
What are the Sierra Madre Mountains?
Mercantile system that involved the exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The most slaves were sold to South America
What was the Triangular Trade?
The most common religion practiced in Latin America
What is Roman Catholicism?
The longest river in South America
What is the Amazon River?
This empire resided in the Andes Mountains and are known for their contributions to religion, architecture, and their famous network of road throughout this region.
Who are the Incas?
Connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is the Panama Canal?
Name for the group of the 4 largest islands in the Caribbean Sea - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
What are the Greater Antilles?
A series of armed conflicts in Mexico that began in 1910, primarily aimed at overthrowing the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.
What was The Mexican Revolution?
Name of the Incan Empire
What is Machu Picchu?
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina are home to this mountain range.
Where are the Andes Mountains?
Seeing an opportunity to expand its empire, this country invaded Mexico in 1860
Who are the French?
Refers to people with mixed European, African, and Indigenous ancestry in Middle and South America
Who are the Mestizos?
60 mile stretch of dense rain forest and mountains on the border of Colombia and Panama that's a dangerous migration route for people seeking to reach the U.S
What is the Darien Gap?
Aided the Spaniards in their defeat of the Aztecs
What is smallpox?
The world's driest desert is located here
What is Chile?