Identify and discuss two effects of colonization in Latin America.

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Where were the Maya located?

Yucatan Peninsula

Where were the Aztec located?

Central Mexico

What was the capital city of the Aztec?

Tenochtitlan

What stands today where the former Aztec capital stood?

Mexico City

Where was the Incan Empire located?

Andes Mountains in South America

Who led the group that conquered the Aztecs?

Cortes

Who was the leader of the Aztec when they were conquered?

Montezuma

Who was the leader of the group that conquered the Inca?

Pizarro

Who was the leader of the Inca that was held hostage and killed by the Spanish?

Atahualpa

What was the Columbian Exchange?

The exchange of people, animals, plants, and even diseases between the Old World and the New World

What were conquistadors?

Spanish conquerors; fortune hunters who were able to keep a percentage of the valuables they found

Why were the Spanish welcomed by the Aztec?

They thought Cortes was a god

Which animal brought to them in the Columbian Exchange helped native people hunt and trade over a larger area?

Horse

What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?

Many people are descended from slaves

What were two causes for the decimation of the indigenous population?

Diseases and slavery

What two things enabled the Spanish to defeat the indigenous populations so easily?

Better weapons and diseases

Why were Africans brought to the Americas as slaves?

Because there were not enough natives available for work on plantations

In what two jobs were enslaved natives forced to work?

Plantations and mines

What are the two official languages in Latin America?

Spanish and Portuguese

Between what three areas did Triangular Trade take place?

Americas, Europe, Africa

What is the most predominant religion in Latin America?

Roman Catholicism

What is the ethnic group formed from a mixing of European and Indian ancestors?

Mestizo

What is the ethnic group formed from a moxing of European and African ancestors?

Mulatto

What does indigenous mean?

Native to a specific place or region

Which country did Portugal control as a result of te Treaty of Tordesillas?

Brazil

How did the religions of the indigenous people change with the arrival of the Europeans?

Many changed from traditional polytheistic religions to Roman Catholicism

What are plantations?

Large farms that raise a single crop which is sold for profit

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