Latin America Review

Latin America Review Colonization & Independence • Culture & • Current Issues Latin America in the 1900’s Key People Key Terms Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Key People • born in Venezuela • led revolutions against the Spanish in Latin America in the 1800’s • Nicknamed the George Washington of Latin America

$100 Answer Simon Bolivar

$200 Question from Key People • former slave • led the revolution in Haiti for independence from the French

$200 Answer Toussaint L’Ouveture

$300 Question fromKey People • husband and wife • he was president of Argentina twice • she was an actress who was beloved by her people

$300 Answer Juan and Eva Peron

$400 Question fromKey People • he was a priest who started the Mexican Revolution for independence • he was the leader who took over the movement and eventually became the first president of Mexico

$400 Answer Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Venustiano Carranza

$500 Question fromKey People Name at least two dictators and the country they ruled in Latin America

$500 Answer Augusto Pinochet  Chile Omar Torrijos Panama Manuel Noriega  Panama Fugencio Batista  Cuba Fidel Castro  Cuba

$100 Question fromKey Terms Free trade agreement created in 1994 between Canada, the United States, and Mexico

$100 Answer NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

$200 Question from Key Terms Regional political and economic organization made up of 35 nations in the Americas

$200 Answer Organization of American States (OAS)

$300 Question from Key Terms What is the “official” political status of Puerto Rico?

$300 Answer Commonwealth

$400 Question from Key Terms Name the two sides (one which the U.S. supported and one which the Soviet Union supported) which fought each other in Nicaragua during the Cold War

$400 Answer Contras and Sandinistas

$500 Question from Key Terms Two Parts: Militant group in Peru which used terrorism in an attempt to overthrow the government of Peru Revolutionary guerilla group which has been in an armed conflict against Colombia since the 1970’s

$500 Answer Shining Path FARC

$100 Question from Colonization/Independence Name two European nations which created colonies and/or empires in Latin America.

$100 Answer • Spain • Portugal • France • Great Britain • Dutch

$200 Question from Colonization/Independence Colonial Society was divided into six class based on birth. What was the name of the group at the top?

$200 Answer Peninsulares

$300 Question from Colonization/Independence Name one cause of Latin American revolutions for independence?

$300 Answer Enlightenment ideas Success of the American and French Revolutions Discontent of the Creoles European economic policies

$400 Question from Colonization/Independence What was the only Latin American nation to send troops to fight in World War I and World War II?

$400 Answer • Brazil

$500 Question from Colonization/Independence • Latin American faced many problems after they gained independence. Name at least two problems.

$500 Answer No Unity Poverty Caudillos (dictators) Cultural Problems

$100 Question fromLatin America in the 1900’s The U.S. were given permission to build a canal in Panama after they aided Panama in their revolution for independence from which nation?

$100 Answer Colombia

$200 Question from Latin America in the 1900’s Name one territory the United States gained as a result of the Spanish-American War?

$200 Answer • Cuba • Puerto Rico • Philippines • Guam

$300 Question from Latin America in the 1900’s What was the impact of the Roosevelt Corollary in Latin America?

$300 Answer It angered Latin American nations Led to future intervention in Latin America

$400 Question from Latin America in the 1900’s Two Part Question: In the years following World War II, what form of government took hold in many Latin American nations? In the late 20th Century carrying into today, what is the most common form of government in Latin America?

$400 Answer Dictatorship Democracy

$500 Question from Latin America in the 1900’s During the Cold War, Latin America served as a battleground for the two superpowers (U.S. and Soviet Union). Name two Latin American nations which was affected by the Cold War.

$500 Answer Cuba Nicaragua Guatemala Costa Rica

$100 Question fromCulture & Current Issues What Latin American nation has the strongest economy today?

$100 Answer Brazil

$200 Question from Culture & Current Issues Since European colonization, what religion and denomination, has been the most dominant in Latin America?

$200 Answer Christian Catholic

$300 Question from Culture & Current Issues From which Latin American has America seen the greatest amount of immigration from?

$300 Answer Mexico

$400 Question from Culture & Current Issues In recent years, which foreign nation has made large economic investments in the Caribbean? What is the only Communist nation in Latin America today?

$400 Answer China Cuba

$500 Question from Culture & Current Issues • Latin America faces many challenges and issues. Name four major issues facing Latin America today?

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