Latin America History/Geography Unit Review
The following is a list of material we covered. Find each lecture/worksheet etc. and READ each of them through. This will almost GUARANTEE that you will do well on our LAST TEST before the final. Yipee! Then, after you study what you’ve done, answer the questions that follow.
- Guided Reading – Latin American Geography (Chap. 20, Secs. 1&2)
- Maps you labeled
- Ancient Civilizations Jigsaw Notes (Chap. 20, Sec. 3)
- Ancient Civilizations Open Note Quiz
- Spanish Arrival in Latin America PPT Notes
- Maya Movie Questions
- Europe’s Colonies in the Americas, guided reading (Chap. 21, Sec. 1)
- Reading Quiz – Exploration and Colonization in the “New World”
- Social Classes in Latin American History (Chap. 21, Sec. 2)
- Independence in Latin America PPT- Lecture
- Winning Independence text book reading (Chap. 21, Sec. 3)
- Cuban-American Relations PPT lecture (also covered a little in text book, page 508)
- Communists Take Cuba Reading w/Questions
- Kennedy and Castro Movie Questions
Terms/Topics to Know:
Tierra CalienteTierra FriaTierra Templada
MestizoCreoleConquistador
MercantilismPeninsulareColumbian Exchange
Mayan CivilizationAztec CivilizationInca Civilization
Hernando CortezFrancisco PizarroFidel Castro
Nationalize IndustriesBay of PigsCIA
Simon BolivarToussant L’OvertureFerdinand Magellan
ViceroysTreaty of TordesillasJohn F. Kennedy
Che GuevaraHaciendaKing John VI of Portugal
King Pedro of BrazilCommunism
Mapping Portion: Remember for studying geography!
The mapping portion will be the same as the quiz! If you did not do well, you have a second chance. If you did well the first time, go over them once, just to make sure!!
**When you are finished reading through your material answer these questions.
1. Which two oceans meet at the southern tip of Argentina?
2. What is the largest country in South America?
3. What language do most people in Latin America speak?
4. What language do most people in Brazil speak?
5. What language do most people in Haiti speak?
6. People that have a mix of Spanish and native Latin American (Indian) blood are known as....
7. What were Conquistadors?
8. What do we call the economic theory, prevalent at the time of colonization of Latin America, which calls for countries to accumulate all the wealth in the world by increasing exports and decreasing imports?
9. What is a hacienda?
10. What is the name for the ancient Latin American civilization first to develop the 365 day calendar?
11. What Latin American civilization was conquered by Hernando Cortez?
12. What Latin American civilization was conquered by Pizarro?
13. What were Spanish invaders looking for when they first arrived in Latin America?
14. During the Spanish colonial period in Mexico, from the 1500’s to the 1800’s, what was the name of the wealthiest and most powerful class of people?
16. Who has generally been a more powerful group in Mexico, the Mestizos or the Indians? Why?
17. What kind of crops are grown in tierra caliente?
Name two types:
18. Istierra fria made up of lowlands or highlands?
19. How has Latin America’s geography added to the creation of Regionalism?
21. Which regions were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
22. Name two things Europeans received in the Columbian Exchange.
23. Name two things native Latin Americans received in the Columbian Exchange.
24. What is the worst thing Latin Americans received in the Columbian Exchange?
25. When Europeans began colonizing Latin America, who did all the work at first?
26. Give three reasons why Africans were used as slaves in Latin America.
27. What country in Latin America was the first to gain independence?
28. Which Latin American country depended most on African slaves?
29. Use one word to describe the religions of the ancient Latin American civilizations.
30. What country did Belize belong to until the late 1970’s?
31. Why do we not know more about the ancient Latin American civilizations?
32. In what geographical region did the Aztecs live?
33. Who was at the top of the Mayan social ladder?
34. Who was at the second tier of the Mayan social ladder?
35. How much of Latin America’s land area is made up of rainforest?
36. Which country makes up half the population of South America?
37. What is the highest mountain range in South America?
38. What is the longest river in South America?
39. Who was Bartolome de las Casa?
40. What did Bartolome de las Casa criticize?
41. Name one country in Latin America that is still under control of a European nation.
42. Which modern country makes up the location of the ancient Incan civilization?
43. Which peninsula was settled by the Mayans?
44. What was the title of the person who governed each of the Spanish regions that made up their colonies in Latin America?
45. What religion dominates Latin America today?
46. What country did Fidel Castro take control over in 1959?
47. Why did the United States cut off ties with Fidel Castro and even try to assassinate him?
48. Who carried out the attack on Cuba known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961?
49. Who funded and trained the attackers of this mission?
50. Who was President of the United States at the time of the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
51. What happens when a leader nationalizes and industry?
52. What type of government system exists in Cuba today?
53. Describe the trade embargo that the United States has with Cuba today?
54. Which group of people during the colonial period of Latin America made up part of the highest class and were Europeans born in Latin America?
55. How did Western nations (Europe and America) continue to influence Latin American countries, both economically and politically?