| A | B |
|---|
| Raul Castro | Leader of Cuba since 2008; began reforms |
| Aztecs | Mexico, Warriors, Tenochtitlan, Montezuma |
| Inca | Peru, Andes, Roads, Irrigation, Terraces Farming |
| Spanish | Conquered most of latin America |
| Portuguese | Colonized Brazil |
| French | Colonized haiti |
| Mestizo | European and Indian Mix |
| Mulatto | African and Indian Mix |
| Hernan Cortes | Conquistador who defeated Aztecs |
| Montezuma | Leader of Aztecs at time of conquest |
| Atahualpa | Leader of Inca at time of conquest |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conquistador who defeated Inca |
| Simon Bolivar | Led revolutions in four countries; country named after him |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Priest, Led Mexican Independence Movement |
| Fidel Castro | Led Revolution in Cuba, Leader for nearly 50 years |
| Soviet Union | Cuban ally and trade partner for many years |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Standoff between U.S. and Cuba/Soviet Union over placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba |
| U.S. Trade Embargo | Sanctions against Cuba after the Cuban Revolution |
| Havana | Capital of Cuba |
| Brasilia | Capital of Brazil |
| Mexico City | Capital and largest city in Mexico |
| Sao Paulo | Largest city in Brazil |
| Roman Catholic | Religion of most people in Latin America |
| Spanish | Language of most people in Latin America |
| Portuguese | Language of people in Brazil |
| Quechua | Language of descendants of the Inca living in Peru and Bolivia |
| Brazil | Mandatory voting |
| Mexico | President serves a six-year term |
| Brazil and Mexico | Federal Republics and Representative Democracies |
| Cuba | Autocracy |
| Command | Economic system of Cuba |
| Traditional | Economic system of Amazon and Andes Highlands |
| Mixed-Market | Economic system of Brazil and Mexico |
| Urban | People move to these areas to find jobs |
| Rural | People are leaving these areas because they cannot make a living as farmers |
| Drug cartels, poverty, political unrest | Reasons people emigrate from latin America to the U.S. |
| Brazil and Caribbean | Places with the greatest number of slaves |
| Sugarcane | Crop that used slaves the most |
| Native Americans | Group that the African slaves replaces |
| Smallpox | Disease that killed the most native people in the Americas |
