chapter 24 Flashcards
Spanish American class that could hold high colonial office.
Peninsulares
Latin American social class that controlled wealth and often led revolutionary movements.
Creoles
French colony in the Caribbean that had a violent racial revolution in the first years of the 1800s.
Haiti
The Liberator of South America.
Bolivar
Jose San Martin led a revolution in Chile, Peru, and ______.
Argentina
The _____ mountains divided much of South America.
Andes
The South American countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador united into the country called _____.
Gran Colombia
Hidalgo, Morelos, and Iturbide all fought over the future of _____.
Mexico
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica are all part of this region.
central America
The first European settlers to Brazil were from this country.
Portugal
Became the capital of the Portuguese Empire in South America.
Rio de Janiero
Wealthy property owners and the nobility that argued for protecting the traditional monarchies of Europe followed this philosophy.
Conservative
This philosophy called for liberty, equality, and brotherhood.
Radical
This is the belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history.
Nationalism
Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and former Yugoslavia are in this region.
Balkans