Flash Cards
Aztecs
Old civilization that was located in the city Tenochtitlan which is present day Mexico City they were conquered by Spain (Hernan Cortez)
Panama Canal
Water short cut from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean for ships to use instead of going all the way around South America
Montezuma II
He was the Aztec ruler. He was conquered by Hernan Cortez.
Hernan Cortez
Spanish conquistador that conquered Montezuma II and the Aztecs
Incas
Old civilization located in the Andes mountains of Peru They were conquered by Spain (Francisico Pizarro).
Atahualpa
The last ruler of the Incan empire he was known as the Sapa Inca (descendent of the son of god) He was conquered by Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas and Atahualpa.
Colombian exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americans
European Diseases
When Europeans would explore and colonize new lands they brought foreign diseases to the new lands that killed many people.
Mulattoes
It is the mixture of European ancestry and African ancestry.
Mestizos
It is a mixture of European ancestry and Native American ancestry.
Triangular slave trade
Also known as the African slave trade. After Europeans conquered Latin America they bought people from Africa to become slaves they came by boat.
Toussaint L’ Ouverture
He was responcible for freeing Haiti it became the first independent country of Latin America.
Miguel Hidalgo
He was responcible for freeing Mexico .
Simon Bolivar
Led the independence movement in South America. He freed many countries there . Bolivia was named after him.
Cuban Revelution
This took place when Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista and took control of Cuba
Zapatistas
A guerrilla movement started in Chiapas,Mexico.(Chiapas has very rich land,but people are very poor. They fought for the rights of the rights of the indigenous people(Mayan)in the area. Governments did not care about the rights of the Mayan
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Created to eliminate trade barriers between the North American countries of Canada,Mexico,and the U.S.A
Language of Latin America
Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages in Latin America because they settled the region
Religion of Latin America
Most of the people in this region are Roman Catholic,which is a branch of Christianity, because Spain an Portugal belong to that religion
Dictatorship In Cuba
Cuba’s official name is Republic Of Cuba which usually means Democracy . However, Cuba really has a communist government.
Cuba (Trade and Economy)
Cuba is very small and doesn’t have many natural resources so trading is very important for Cuba to get the goods that it needs. Cuba and U.S have an embargo on each other
Air pollution in Mexico
Problem in Mexico City because it is located in the crater of an old volcano and exhaust from cars and smoke from factories get trapped in the crater.
Deforestation in the Rainforest of Brazil.
Deforestation is the cutting down of many trees. This process decreases the worlds oxygen comes from the Brazilian rain forest
Oils spills in Venezuela
Off of Venezuela coast oil spills happen often. It destroys the health of plant and animal life in the ocean
Mexico and Venezuela oil
Oil is main natural resource on both of these countries. Oil makes up 90 percent of the income to Venezuela
