2025-26: Unit 3 - Latin America

What group brought calypso music over to the Caribbean region?

• Spanish conquistadors

• Mayans

• British colonists

• Enslaved Africans

What job was introduced to South America by the Columbian Exchange?

• Cattle ranching

• Terrace farming

• Railroad building

• Tobacco cultivation

How did the migration of European colonists to South America influence the culture of the region?

• Men and women were seen as equals

• Practices with money went back to old-school ways

• The language and religion of the area changed greatly

• Native groups switched from terrace to field farming

Locate the Isthmus of Panama?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the geographic feature that is the division between Central America and South America?

• Border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

• the Yucatan Peninsula

• Lake Nicaragua

• Isthmus of Panama

Locate Mexico

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is one way that people have modified the physical environment of Latin America?

• cutting down rainforests for farming

• manufacturing products

• immigrating

• partying

What did Africans who were enslaved introduce to South America that caused cultural diffusion?

• Architecture

• Advanced weaponry

• dance, food, and music

• new farming methods

What transportation was used to move people from Europe to Latin America in the late 1400's and 1500's?

• Railroads

• Caravel ships

• Printing press

• Telegraph lines

What was a negative cause of the cultural diffusion of Latin America during the time of exploration?

• an expansion of the slave trade

• an increased number of dangerous storms

• the introduction of cattle ranching

• the destruction of the tropical rainforests