Spanish and Portuguese Influence in Latin America

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Example of a slave ship:

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Sponsored Columbus' voyages?

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Spain

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Year Columbus landed in the Americas?

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1492

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Explorers and conquerors of Central and South America?

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The Spanish

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Most people in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean speak:

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Spanish

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Colonizer of most of the Amazon River region?

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The Portuguese

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Most people in Brazil speak ________________.

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Portuguese

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Spanish and Portuguese spread in Latin America:

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language and religion

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Natives were forced to convert to:

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Roman Catholicism

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When did the term "Latin America" begin?

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The 1800s