The Amazon
This term refers to a small river that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
“America” is named after this Italian explorer.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Spain’s colonization produced a hierarchy placing this group at the top.
Who were white Spaniards?
Brazil became independent when this man declared it an empire.
Who was Pedro I?
Juan and Eva Perón were leaders of this country.
What is Argentina?
This river is the second-longest river in the world
What is the Amazon River
This indigenous empire inhabited the Andes before Spanish colonization.
Who were the Inca?
Most Spanish colonies in the Americas speak this language today.
What is Spanish?
Argentina won its independence after this war from 1810–1818.
What is the Argentine War of Independence?
This Chilean Marxist president nationalized key industries.
Who was Salvador Allende?
The Amazon rainforest helps stabilize the climate by absorbing these gases.
What are greenhouse gases?
This conquistador led the conquest of the Inca Empire.
Who was Pizarro?
Two major goals of Spanish colonization.
What are expanding their empire and acquiring gold and silver?
Chile was reconquered by Spain in 1813 but achieved independence in this year.
What is 1818?
He led a violent right-wing dictatorship in Chile after Allende
Who was Augusto Pinochet?
This process, where plants release water vapor, leads to high humidity and frequent rain in the Amazon.
What is transpiration?
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between these two countries.
Who are Spain and Portugal?
Portuguese colonies produced these two major crops
What are sugar/sugarcane and coffee?
(Also accept: Brazilwood, gold, diamonds, silver)
This leader liberated Gran Colombia and became its president.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
This socialist group in Nicaragua engaged in mass executions and nationalized industries.
Who were the Sandinistas?
One major reason many indigenous groups remain isolated in the Amazon.
What is they want to remain isolated / they avoid Western society / difficult terrain?
This caused 95% of the native population to die after European arrival.
What is disease?
This labor demand led Portugal to create a monopoly on the West African slave trade.
What is the need for more labor after the native populations died from overwork and disease?
Name two modern countries that were once part of Gran Colombia.
What are Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, or Panama? (any two)
This U.S.-backed Nicaraguan group used terrorist tactics against the Sandinistas.
Who were the Contras?