Unit 5-Latin America

Question 1

Simon bolivar

Answer 1

revolutionized South America

Question 2

Toussant L’Ouverture

Answer 2

ex slave who started a slave revolt in Haiti

Question 3

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Answer 3

Colombian novelist, created magical realism, 100 Years of Solitude

Question 4

Fidel Castro

Answer 4

revolution w/ Che, converted Cuba to communism

Question 5

Juan Batista

Answer 5

Cuban president from 1938-1959

Question 6

Porfirio Diaz

Answer 6

Mexican dictator, “order and progress”

Question 7

Diego Rivera

Answer 7

Mexican muralist, married to Frieda Khalo

Question 8

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 8

Spain was given much of the Americas, Portugal given small section

Question 9

mercantilism/colonies

Answer 9

trade only with the mother country

Question 10

Roman Catholic Church

Answer 10

supported social justice

Question 11

land reform

Answer 11

wanted to give land to the peasants

Question 12

Mexican political parties

Answer 12

PRI

Question 13

human rights abuses

Answer 13

tortured and killed

Question 14

political independence influences

Answer 14

mestizos

Question 15

obstacle to stable of government

Answer 15

equality gap between rich and poor

Question 16

maquiladoras

Answer 16

American factories in Mexico, source of cheap labor

Question 17

amazon rainforest

Answer 17

source of oxygen for the atmosphere, variety of plant and animal species