Latin America History Vocab

1952 event during the Cold War where the Soviet Union worked with Fidel Castro to place missiles in Cuba that could have caused a nuclear war with the USA

Trade between the 13 colonies, Europe, and West Africa; included the transatlantic slave trade

political hostility (tensions), mainly between the US & USSR

Movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, disease, and cultures between the Olf World and New World during the European Age of Exploration

movement from one region to another; settling permanently in a new place

languages derived from Latin, which was spoken during the Roman Empire; focus for this unit on Spanish & Portuguese

the act of overthrowing an existing government or leader

the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration; contrasts the "Old World" (Europe)

leaving your country to settle in another (going out/exiting)

coming to live in a new country (coming in)