America Review (With Content) You must learn the extra historical content along with the locations!
Amazon River (2nd longest in world)
Aztec Empire (defeated by Hernan Cortez)
Cortez— “Hernan Cortez was real bold, he beat the Aztec and took their gold.”
Bolivia (Simon Bolivar led S. America to independence from Spain
Brazil (Portuguese)
Caribbean Sea (Connected to Pacific by Panama Canal)
Inca Empire (defeated by Francisco Pizarro)
Latin America (Spanish and Portuguese)
Haiti (French-- Touissaint L’Ouverture leads to freedom –influenced by American and French Revolutions)
Maya Empire (Yucatan Peninsula)
Mexico (Spanish colony—Cortez claims it)
Pacific Ocean (Connected to Caribbean Sea by Panama Canal)
Quebec (French—Jacques Cartier claims it)
Spanish controlled Latin America
Panama Canal (connects Pacific and Caribbean)
Andes Mountains (2nd tallest mountains—Inca Empire)
Straits of Magellan (Magellan first to circumnavigate earth)
Triangular Trade pattern
Europe to Africa: manufactured goods (rum) to Africa
Africa to America THE MIDDLE PASSAGE —slaves to America
America to Europe: sugar, gold and silver to Europe
Columbian Exchange: exchange of products between Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Western Hemisphere to Eastern: agricultural products: corn, potatoes, and tobacco change European lifestyles
Eastern to Western Hemisphere: European horses, cattle, and disease (smallpox) change lifestyles of American Indians
Cuba Spanish—later, Cuban Missile Crisis [Soviets put nukes there]