Latin America History Review
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Flashcards covering key vocabulary terms and definitions related to Latin American history.
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Aztecs
The most powerful civilization in central and southern Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Montezuma
An Aztec ruler from about 1500 to 1520, also known as Moctezuma II.
Tenochtitlan
The capital city of the Aztecs, now known as Mexico City.
Nahuatl
The Aztec language still spoken by thousands of people in Mexico.
Incas
An ancient civilization that lived along the coast of South America.
Atahualpa
The last ruler of the Inca empire.
Francisco Pizarro
A Spanish conquistador known for conquering the Inca empire.
Sapa Inca
The living descendant of the sun god in Inca society.
Quechua
The language of the Inca empire, still spoken today.
Lima, Peru
The city founded by Pizarro, where he built a palace.
Machu Picchu
Believed to be a sacred religious site for Inca leaders.
Columbian Exchange
The transfer of animals, plants, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
Triangular Trade
A system of trade involving slaves, crops, and manufactured goods among Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Atlantic Slave Trade
The transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th to the 19th century.
Middle Passage
The trip across the Atlantic Ocean for enslaved Africans.
Mariel Boatlift
The mass exodus of over 125,000 Cubans to the United States in 1980.
Bay of Pigs
The failed U.S. invasion in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Migration
Movement from one locality to another.
Pull Factors
Reasons that drive people to move to an area, such as better jobs or climate.
Push Factors
Reasons that drive people to leave an area, such as poverty or high crime rates.
Drug Cartels
Criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking.
Poverty
The state of being extremely poor.
Cuban Revolution
The revolution led by Fidel Castro against the Batista dictatorship from 1956 to 1959.
Old World
Europe, Asia, Africa
New World
the Americas
Fulgencio Batista
Cuban dictator overthrown by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution.
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew Fulgencio Batista and established a communist state in Cuba.
