América Latina 1

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Why is it called Latino América?

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Because they speak languages derived from Latin.

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Columbus first arrived in America in

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1492

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La Malinche was a key figure in Latin American history.

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a misunderstood key figure in Latin American history

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Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo were

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mothers whose children had been kidnapped under the Argentinian dictatorship

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Columbus' main supporter:

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Isabel I of Castile

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Institution where a coloniser oversaw native Americans for protection and evangelisation:

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encomienda

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Las Leyes Nuevas (1542) by Carlos V, influenced by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, did not forbid slavery in Latin America nor grant Native Americans equal rights as colonizers.

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False

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Most spoken language today?

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Quechua

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Leader of La Gran Colombia

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Simón Bolívar

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Independence of Cuba and Puerto Rico as Spain's last colonies occurred in:

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1998