Latin American Revolutions

Question 1

From 1500 to 1800, Latin America was ________ by Europe, especially _______

Answer 1

colonized, Spain

Question 2

European nations used __________ to gain wealth from their American colonies

Answer 2

mercantilism

Question 3

Who was at the top of society

Answer 3

white Europeans

Question 4

________ were royal governors who are born in Spain

Answer 4

Peninsulares

Question 5

_______ colonists who were not born in Spain and were living in America were called ______

Answer 5

Spanish, creoles

Question 6

Creoles had land and wealth but no _____ ______

Answer 6

political power

Question 7

European women led to ___________ with Indians and Africans and a large _____-_____ population

Answer 7

intermarriage, mixed race

Question 8

_______ were the offspring of Europeans and Indians

Answer 8

Mestizos

Question 9

______ were the offspring of Europeans and Africans

Answer 9

Mulattos

Question 10

_______ and _______ were used as slave workers for creoles’ plantations

Answer 10

Indians, Africans

Question 11

_____ and _____ worked as servants and in low-level jobs

Answer 11

Mestizos, Mulattos

Question 12

From 1800 to 1830, Latin America colonies begin ________ __________ from European nations and establishing democracies throughtout the Americas

Answer 12

declaring independence

Question 13

By the late 1700s, Latin Americans were inspired to gain independence because of the success of the _______ and _______ Revolutions

Answer 13

American, French