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Jeopardy 26
Latin America and the Struggle for Freedom
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10th Grade
04/03/2007

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Term
Region from Mexico to the southern tip of South America
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Latin America
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South American country almost as large as the United States
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Brazil
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Native peoples enslaved by the Europeans
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the Indians
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Main products of Latin American mining
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gold and silver
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Creoles were barred from these positions
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high government offices
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The Latin American colonies had to buy these from Spain.
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finished (manufactured) products
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The Latin American colonies supplied Spain with these.
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raw materials
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Two major Indian groups conquered by the Spanish
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the Aztecs and the incas
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Rolling, grassy plains of South America
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the pampas
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In 1550, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world
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Mexico City
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Ruler of each Spanish colonial division
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a viceroy
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Highest class in Spanish Latin-American society
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people born in Spain (peninsulares)
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Europeans of Spanish descent born in the colonies
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creoles
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People of mixed white and Indian blood
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mestizos
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Religious institution which was an important force in Latin American society
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the Roman Catholic Church
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People of mixed African and European blood
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mulattos
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Latin American colonies could not trade with this northern neighbor.
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North America
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Flat, treeless plains of South America
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llanos
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Viceroroyalty of North and Central America
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New Spain
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The three viceroroyalties of South America
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New Granada, La Plata, Peru
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Fees imposed by the Church
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tithes
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Type of government established in Mexico after the emperor
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a republic
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The countries of this part of Latin America were briefly part of Mexico.
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Central America
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Country Mexico won its independence from
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Spain
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U.S. policy that protected independent Latin America from European interference
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the Monroe Doctrine
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Island nation that gained independence in 1804
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Haiti
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Former slave who led the revolt in Haiti
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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European event that weakened the Spanish government
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France's (Napoleon's) invasion of Spain
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Former Aztec city of Tenochtitlán, in Mexico
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Mexico City
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Three of the five countries just south of Mexico
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Guatemala, el Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
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Spanish colony that shared Haiti's island
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Santo Domingo
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Country Haiti won its independence from
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France
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Dictator who lost a third of Mexico's land to the United States
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Santa Anna
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First Indian to rule Mexico since the Aztecs
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Benito Juárez
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Two reforms promised in Mexico by Hidalgo
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abolition of slavery and redistribution of land
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Island that Haiti was part of
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Hispaniola
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Union of countries to the south of Mexico
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the United Provinces of Central America
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Catholic priest who led the first Mexican revolt in 1810
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Father Miguel Hidalgo
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riest who led a second Mexican revolt
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Father José María Morelos
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Mexico's liberating general who became emperor
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Augustin de Iturbide
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Former slave who was the second leader of the revolt in Haiti
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Jean Jacques Dessalines
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Valuable wood that spurred colonial settlement
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brazilwood
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Slaves were imported from this continent.
Definition
Africa
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Brazil won independence without this.
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bloodshed
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Brazil's major river
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the Amazon
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People who were sent to Brazil to work off their sentences
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criminals
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Religion of Brazil
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Roman Catholicism
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Brazil's "mother country"
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Portugal
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Primary crop of Brazilian plantations in the 1600s
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sugar cane
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The two most valuable products of Brazilian mining
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gold and diamonds
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Family that fled Brazil in 1808
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the Portuguese Royal Family
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Language spoken in Brazil
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Portuguese
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Brazil's center of government
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Rio de Janeiro
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The two major exports of Brazil in the 1800s
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coffee and rubber
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Pedro II encouraged this to help Brazil's economy.
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development (of agriculture and industry)
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European emperor who invaded Brazil's "mother country" and drove out the royal family
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Napoleon
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King who returned to Portugal in 1821
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King John VI
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Son of the Portuguese king; he became Brazil's ruler
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Pedro I
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Type of government established for the independent Brazil
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a constitutional monarchy
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Well-educated ruler who brought peace and good government to Brazil
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Pedro II
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Ruler of Brazil appointed by the king
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the governor general
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Brazil borrowed money from this country for building projects.
Definition
England
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Territorial strips in colonial Brazil
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captaincies
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The "George Washington of South America"
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Simon Bolivar
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Nation that most countries in South America won independence from
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Spain
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Vast mountains that creole armies had to cross
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the Andes
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Capital of Peru
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Lima
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Republic named for Bolivar
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Bolivia
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Bolivar's native country, which gained independence in 1821
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Venezuela
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Bolivar's birthplace; Venezuela's capital
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Caracas
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Class that wanted to rid itself of Spanish control
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the creoles
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Union of cities and towns in La Plata
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the United Provinces of La Plata
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Argentine leader who helped free Chile
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Jose de San Martin
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Chilean patriot who led a revolt
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Bernando O'Higgins
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The "Protector of Peru'
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Jose de San Martin
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"The Liberator"
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Simon Bolivar
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Bolivar dreamed of this, but it didn't happen.
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a union of South American states
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Native American who led a revolt in 1780
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Tupac Amaru
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Later name for the union in La Plata
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Argentina
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States bordering Argentina on the east; part of La Plata
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Paraguay and Uruguay
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Seat of government in La Plata
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Buenos Aires
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Viceroroyalty on the west coast, freed in 1821
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Peru
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Country formed from the southern part of the viceroroyalty of Peru
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Chile
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Nation of northern South America, ruled by Bolivar
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Gran (Great) Colombia
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Three of the present-day countries that were part of Bolivar's nation
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Colombia, Venezuela, Ecaudor, Panama
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