Latin American Vocab Midterm Review

Europeans brought plants, animals, and diseases that changed the lives and landscapes of the Americas

Hopes of expanding trade

the Renaissance encouraged a new spirit of curiosity and adventure and fostered advances in sailing technology

Political entity where the sovereign state largely coincide with the territory by a people sharing a common culture

when a foreign power has political, economic, social, or cultural control over a people or area for an extended period

Indians that were forced to work for free on the large plantations owned by creoles.

when a country's economy is heavily reliant on another country

Responsible for governing the Spanish Empire including issues of religion

large-scale farming method that involves growing a single crop on a large area of land for export

man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and is a vital link in world shipping

During the age of exploration, Europe was known as the...

Small, poor, and politically unstable country that is dependent on foreign funding and a single crop

form of government where political power rests with the citizens who exercise that power through elected representatives

Europeans went to the west coast of Africa where they bought people (slaves) in exchange for goods

Policy put in place to keep Europe from interfering with Latin America

Spanish crown granted land and indigenous people to a conquistador, soldier, or official

People born in Spain who resided in the Spanish colonies

Military dictators

conflict fought between the U.S and Spain in 1898, primarily over the issue of Cuban independence from Spanish rule

The Americas is known as the...

the act of taking unfair advantage of someone or something for personal gain

situation characterized by the preservation of an intact and smoothly functioning government or political system

nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to European powers, & U.S had the responsibility to preserve & protect them

nation extending its power and influence over other territories or countries, through direct territorial acquisition

This group was at the bottom of the class system in the colonies

spread their religion (catholicism) by converting the Natives

People of mixed indigenous and european ancestry

get wealthier by conquering these new lands, having access to the resources and opening new trade routes.

New ways of thinking led colonists to believe that they could change their way of life

an american corporation that traded in tropical fruit grown on central and south american plantations

Government regulation of the economy for the purpose of making the mother country rich

people of mixed African and European ancestry

treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention

divided the “New World” of the Americas between the two superpowers

The region that is now Mexico and Central America

Volunteer regiment led by Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt that played a key role in the Battle of San Juan Hill

Crop cultivated for sale instead of personal consumption

This group of individuals was at the bottom of the class system

the abundance of silver increased prices of European goods

 High ranking official appointed by a monarch to govern a colony

to make a name for yourself

reinforced the idea that the U.S would be a good neighbor & engage in reciprocal exchanges with Latin American countries

People of European descent born in the Americas

society where people are categorized into distinct hierarchical levels based on different factors

Natives must be introduced to Christianity