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America Review (With Content) You must learn the extra historical content along with the locations!. Amazon River (2 nd longest in world). Aztec Empire (defeated by Hernan Cortez ). Cortez— “Hernan Cortez was real bold, he beat the Aztec and took their gold.”.
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America Review(With Content) You must learn the extra historical content along with the locations!
Cortez— “Hernan Cortez was real bold, he beat the Aztec and took their gold.”
Bolivia (Simon Bolivar led S. America to independence from Spain
Haiti (French-- Touissaint L’Ouverture leads to freedom –influenced byAmerican and French Revolutions)
Straits of Magellan (Magellan first to circumnavigate earth)
Columbian Exchange: exchange of products between Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Western Hemisphere to Eastern: agricultural products: corn, potatoes, and tobacco change European lifestyles
Eastern to Western Hemisphere: European horses, cattle, and disease (smallpox) change lifestyles of American Indians
CubaSpanish—later, Cuban Missile Crisis [Soviets put nukes there]