1What does Iberoamerica include:
The countries and territories where Spanish or Portugues are the primary languages and the Iberian peninsula.
2What is the Iberian peninsula made of?
Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar and a small part of France
3What is Hispanoamerica?
Spanish speaking countries in the Americas. Spanish is the main language and Latin Catholicism is the predominant religion.
4What is Puerto Rico considered?
Free Associated State
5What is Spain made of?
Autonomous provinces
6Name 4 spanish cities...
Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Granada, Balencia, Seville, Bilbao
7When did Romans arrive in Iberia? Who did they fight?
218 BC, Carthaginians.
8For how long did the Romans control Iberia...
600 years
9What are the descendant languages of latin
Castillon, Portugues, Cantalon, Galicion.
10Define Romance languages:
A group of languages that directly descend from Latin spoken from Roman Empire, includes French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.
11Who controlled most of the Iberian peninsula between ____ and ____?
Arabic Moors, 711 and 1492
124 pre-columbian languages?
Mayan, Arawak, Quechuan, Guarani, Eskimoan
13Who are the Visigoths?
Took over territories from the Western Roman Empire 476AD
14What happened after Visigoths?
Arabs came after Visigoths to dominate most of Iberian peninsula 711AD
15What was the Reconquest talked about in class?
Spaniard vs Moores happened for 700 years. Moores were accepting of other religions but by the end, they developed a religious intolerance (Convert or Die).
16When did Spanish American War occur? Result?
1898, Spain lost last of empire Cuba and Puerto Rico.
17Who is Francisco Franco?
Brutal dictator who before 1975 closed Spain off from the rest of the world. Ruled a Militaristic Spain.
18Who is Juan Carlos
King who established Democracy after Francisco Franco. 1986 Spain joined European Union.
19Who is Carles Puigdemont?
President of Catalunia and leader of revolution for independence
20What coast is barcelona located on?
Mediterranean coast
21Mexico is made of what?
31 states, Federation states.
22Name 4 countries of Central America
Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
23What is Mesoamerica?
Concept associated with Central America ethnicity, Mayans and Aztecs
24What are the Countries of The Carribbean:
Archipelagos or groups of islands
25What are the major Archipelagos?
The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, Panama Canal.
26What makes up the Greater Antilles
Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
27What makes up the Lesser Antilles
The Virgin Islands, The Windwards Islands, Leeward Islands
28Name 4 countries of South America:
Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
29What is the Ring of Fire?
A tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquake sites underwater around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
30Name 4 geographical features of South America:
Amazon Rainforest, Andes Mountains, Atacama desert, Pampas grasslands
31What is the highest altitude, largest navigable body of water in the world:
Lake Titicaca
32What is the longest river in the world?
Amazon river
33What is the largest waterfall in the world?
Iguacu Falls
34Name the Ancient civilizations in Latin America
Aztec, Mayans, Incas
35Who is Benito Juarez?
Mexican president 1858-1872, pursued consitutional reform that helped establish a democratic federal republic. Pushed and helped with Mexicos modernization.
36Porfirio Diaz?
Mexican president 1876-1911, Despised by many and was considered a dictator.
37When is Mexican independence?
1821
38What is the importance of Tenochtitlan?
The capital of the Aztec Empire from 1325-1521
39What year was the Mexican American War?
1848
40What is the importance of Machu Picchu?
Significant lost relic of the Inca civilization, center of the Incan Empire located in Cuzco, Peru.
41Name prominent names from the Mexican Revolution 1910:
Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata.
42When did Mexico declare independence from Spain...
1821
43What is the dominant language in Central America:
Catholicism
44Who are the Taino?
Indigenous people from the Caribbean, South America who were enslaved by Christopher Columbus.
45Explain slave trade in relation to the Taino...
The Taino experienced heavy loss under European control, disease and exaustion caused many casualties. Slave trade began because of dying Taino and African slaves were imported to the Carribeans.
46What is Mestizo?
Part Native (Indian) and part European (spanish).
47Who led the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture led the revolt against the French 1790's. Gained independence from France 1804.
48What year was Spanish American War?
1898
49Jamaica ____, ____ gained independence from Great Britain when?
Trinidad and Tobago, 1962
50What is the largest export crop from the Carribean?
Sugar Cane
51Who is known for conquering the Incas? What did he want?
Francisco Pizarro, Gold and Silver
52Importance of Simon Bolivar?
A Venezuelan officer who led Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from Spain.
53Who were the first countries to gain independence from Spain?
Chile and Argentina, 1810 and 1816 respectively.
54What were Calciquismos?
An individual who exerts influence in public affairs over a geographic region.
55What is Neocolonialism?
The use of economic, political or cultural pressures to control or influence other countries.