Chapters 19-25-32
Latin America
AP Test Review
Identify the following:
Chapter 19
Hernan Cortes Encomiendas Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494
Hispaniola Taino Galleons
Tupac Amaru Francisco Pizarro
Chapter 25
Toussaint L’Overture Father Hidalgo Augustin Iturbide
Simon Bolivar Gran Colombia Jose de San Martin
Benito Juarez Marxists Dependency theory
Monroe Doctrine Guano Manifest Destiny
Westernization
Chapter 32
United Fruit Co Fidel Castro Che Guevara
26th of July Movement Liberation theology Manuel Noriega
Banana Republics Good Neighbor Policy
Questions
Where did Spain set up colonies in the New World?
How did Europe compare to the Caribbean?
What were the conquistadors like?
What advantages did the Spanish have over native populations?
How did the Europeans affect the new world?
What were political and economic systems like under Spanish rule?
Compare the encomienda and mita systems.
What is bullion? How did it affect the Spanish economy? Affect Portugal?
How was mercury involved in the silver trade?
How did the Catholic Church affect the New World?
What are plantations? Where were they located and what did they produce?
How did plantations affect slavery?
Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires.
How did social class systems arise in the Americas?
How did wars in Europe affect independence movements in the Americas?
How did Brazil get its independence? How did they end up differently from other newly independent Latin American countries?
In the 1800’s, what export crop became very important to Brazil?
What caused the Mexican-American War? What was its outcome?
What caused the Spanish-American War? What was its outcome?
What is the difference between 2nd and 3rd world countries? Exps?
What happened in the Guatemalan Revolution of 1954?
What was the outcome of the Cuban Revolution?
How did Castro reform Cuba?
What countries were affected by military coups in the 1950’s-1970’s?
What was life like under the military governments in Latin America?
What problems did democratic governments face in Latin American countries during the 1980’s?
How did the Cold War affect Latin America?
How did the US exert its influence over Latin America after WWII?