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

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

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

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

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

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

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the act of overthrowing an existing government or leader

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

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

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coming to live in a new country (coming in)

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