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6th Grade Social Studies second semester 4.5 #2
Study Guide
1. Describe the air pollution problem in Mexico City:
Caused by auto and factory emissions and its trapped by
the surrounded mountains, large population
2. What export do Venezuela and Mexico have in common?
Oil
3. Describe Cuba’s main industry:
Farming
4. Explain why most Latin American countries speak either
Spanish or Portuguese:
It was colonized by Spain and Portugal
5. What 3 regions make up Latin America?
Central America, South America, and The Caribbean
Islands
6. Describe what a “literate” person can do:
Read and Write
7. Describe how oil production is hurting Venezuela’s
environment:
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Oil Spills can damage the environment
8. What is the purpose of the Panama Canal?
Allows trade between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
9. Describe the location of Cuba:
Island in the Caribbean Sea
10. In which country would you find a lot of Portuguese
speakers?
Brazil
11. What does the word “indigenous mean”?
Native or original inhabitants
12. Describe “deforestation”:
To cut down large areas of trees
13. Where is the Panama Canal located (in regards to South
America)?
West
14. Which country is experiencing major problems with
deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest?
Brazil
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15. What impact has the slave trade in the Caribbean and
South America had on the region today?
Created new ethnic groups, a lot of people have ties to
Africa
16. How could a country improve its standard of living?
Increase literacy rate, invest in capital goods and human
capital, and raise the GDP
17. Because Cuba is so small, it can only produce a few
resources. What must Cuba do in order to get more products
for their people?
Trade
18. Describe the location of the Aztec empire:
Mexico
19. Describe the location of the Incan empire:
Peru
20. What role did Cortes play in the destruction of the Aztec
empire?
The leader of the Spanish conquistadors
21. Who was Montezuma?
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Leader of the Aztec’s
22. How did Pizarro conquer the Inca?
Captured and killed their leader, spread diseases, had horses
and weapons
23. What happened to Atahualpa?
He was captured and killed
24. What three things were “traded” in the Columbian
Exchange?
Animals, food, and diseases
25. What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on the
native population of the Americas?
Diseases killed about 80%
26. What is the main language spoken and religion practiced
in Latin America today? Why?
Roman Catholic, Spanish, because Spain colonized the land
27. List three adjectives to describe the Spanish
conquistadors:
Explorer, mean, brave,
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28. How did a small band of conquistadors defeat the
large and well established empires of the Aztec and
Inca?
(Guns, armor, horses), diseases, captured their leaders,
other native (indigenous) tribes fought with them
29. Which European animal that was brought to the
Americas helped the native people hunt and trade over a
large area?
horse
30. What was a main reason African slaves were
brought to Latin America during colonial times?
Work on Plantations
31.
Describe Toussaint L’Ouverture’s accomplishment.
Helped Slaves and the people of Haiti gain freedom from
France
32.
Describe Simon Bolivar’s accomplishment.
Helped Venezuela, Peru, Columbia, Bolivia, Panama, and
Ecuador gain independence from Spain
33. Describe Miguel Hidalgo’s accomplishment.
Helped Mexico gain their freedom from Spain
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34.
What happened to Cuba in 1959?
Cuban Revolution
35.
What was the Cuban missile crisis?
During the Cold War, USSR stored missiles pointed at the US
in Cuba
36. What type of government did Fidel Castro bring to
Cuba?
Communist dictatorship
37.
What are the Zapatistas fighting for?
Land, education, and healthcare for the indigenous people
and poor farmers
38.
How do the Zapatistas feel about NAFTA?
They don’t like it, because it cost farmers their business
39.
Which group of people do the Zapatistas support?
Poor Farmers
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Label these countries on the map: Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Cuba.
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Label these physical features: Sierra Madre Mountains, Andes Mountains, Atacama
Desert, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Panama Canal.
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