Global studies

Question 1

Empire

Answer 1

large territory with many different people under one ruler

Question 2

Mestizo

Answer 2

people of mixed Native American and European descent

Question 3

Pidgin language

Answer 3

combining parts of different languages

Question 4

Caudillo

Answer 4

usually high ranked military officers or rich men in the upper class/Dictator. Did little to help the poor

Question 5

Communist state

Answer 5

the government controls the economy and society/Cuba

Question 6

Toussaint L’ouverture

Answer 6

First enslaved African to lead a successful revolt in Latin America/ Haiti

Question 7

Fidel Castro

Answer 7

He set up a communist government and in 1959 he led a revolution in Cuba

Question 8

Hernan Cortes

Answer 8

Conquered the Aztecs

Question 9

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 9

Conquered the Incas/he had a thirst for gold

Question 10

Simon Bolivar

Answer 10

led the fight for freedom for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia

Question 11

Jose de San Martin

Answer 11

led the fight for freedom in Argentina and Chile

Question 12

Incas- Where was their empire?

Answer 12

Peru and along the Andes

Question 13

Aztecs

Answer 13

Central Mexico, defeated by superior weapons and disease

Question 14

Toltec- What made them strong?

Answer 14

The monopoly on obsidian for weapons

Question 15

Good neighbor policy

Answer 15

A policy where the U.S. promised not to send military forces to Latin America. It helped improve relations with Latin America

Question 16

What language is spoken in most of Latin America? In Brazil?

Answer 16

Spanish, In Brazil, Portuguese

Question 17

What seriously weakened LA economies in the Mid-1900s?

Answer 17

Increasing debt

Question 18

What is unique about Haiti’s formation as a country

Answer 18

It was created by a revolt of enslaved people