Why is the mixing of peoples important in Latin America?
The mixing of peoples created two important new groups: mestizos (mes-TEE zohz) and mulattoes (muh LAHT-ohz) .
Name at least four groups of people who have immigrated to the United States.
Cubans, Mexicans, African Americans, Canadians
Many Chinese moved to ___ to work in the mines.
Peru
Name at least three things that the nations of the Americas have learned about from one another.
They learned from Canada about how to deal with cold winters. They learned bossa nova music from Brazil when they were in school and also reggae from Jamaica.
This means "to ship products, usually for sale, to another country."
Export
French Canadians make up about ___ of Canada's population. Like the rest of the Americas
one third
These are people of mixed European and American Indian ancestry
Mestizos of Latin America
An _______ is a branch of manufacturing, business, or trade.
industry
An ___ is a long journey undertaken for a specific purpose, such as to explore or to place military forces in a region.
expedition
This means "relying or depending on one another."
Interdependent
The United States ___, or brings in, many other valuable products from Latin America and Canada.
imports
TRUE or FALSE: You can see African influence throughout much of Latin America. It is especially strong throughout the West Indies and Brazil.
True
These are people of mixed black and white ancestry.
Mulattoes
TRUE or FALSE: Canada has also learned much from America. For example, much has been learned about how to deal with cold winters.
False
This means "the act of coming into a new country to live."
Immigration
An ___ is a person on one's family tree, such as a great-grandparent.
ancestor
TRUE or FALSE: When bad weather ruins coffee crops in Colombia, people in the United States may have to pay more money to buy coffee at the grocery store.
True
A ____ is a group of people who make up less than half of the total number.
minority
Give four (4) major groups who have immigrated in Canada.
Germans, the Italians, the Dutch, and the Scandinavians
This means "being shut in on all sides or nearly all sides by land."
Landlocked
Many people whose ancestors came from India still live in _____, former English colonies, and in ____, a former Dutch colony.
Trinidad and Guyana/Suriname
What does it mean to be part of a system?
That means that things happening in one country may affect the lives of people living in another country.
How did Latin America's need for laborers affect its population?
Due to the need of laborers from different places all over the world, there's a mixing of different nationalities in different nations.
Tell about the first people who lived in Latin America.
The first people to live in the area we now call Latin America were Native Americans, or American Indians. The ancestors of those Indians crossed a land bridge
The English brought workers from India to European colonies in the ____ area.
Caribbean
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