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| Region from Mexico to the southern tip of South America |
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| South American country almost as large as the United States |
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| Native peoples enslaved by the Europeans |
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| Main products of Latin American mining |
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| Creoles were barred from these positions |
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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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| Two major Indian groups conquered by the Spanish |
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| Rolling, grassy plains of South America |
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| In 1550, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world |
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| Ruler of each Spanish colonial division |
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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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| People of mixed white and Indian blood |
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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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| Latin American colonies could not trade with this northern neighbor. |
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| Flat, treeless plains of South America |
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| Viceroroyalty of North and Central America |
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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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| Type of government established in Mexico after the emperor |
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| The countries of this part of Latin America were briefly part of Mexico. |
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| Country Mexico won its independence from |
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| U.S. policy that protected independent Latin America from European interference |
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| Island nation that gained independence in 1804 |
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| Former slave who led the revolt in Haiti |
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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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| 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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| Country Haiti won its independence from |
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| Dictator who lost a third of Mexico's land to the United States |
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| First Indian to rule Mexico since the Aztecs |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Former slave who was the second leader of the revolt in Haiti |
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| Valuable wood that spurred colonial settlement |
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| Slaves were imported from this continent. |
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| Brazil won independence without this. |
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| People who were sent to Brazil to work off their sentences |
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| Brazil's "mother country" |
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| Primary crop of Brazilian plantations in the 1600s |
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| The two most valuable products of Brazilian mining |
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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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| Brazil's center of government |
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| The two major exports of Brazil in the 1800s |
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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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| King who returned to Portugal in 1821 |
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| Son of the Portuguese king; he became Brazil's ruler |
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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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| Ruler of Brazil appointed by the king |
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| Brazil borrowed money from this country for building projects. |
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| Territorial strips in colonial Brazil |
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| The "George Washington of South America" |
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| Nation that most countries in South America won independence from |
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| Vast mountains that creole armies had to cross |
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| Republic named for Bolivar |
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| Bolivar's native country, which gained independence in 1821 |
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| Bolivar's birthplace; Venezuela's capital |
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| Class that wanted to rid itself of Spanish control |
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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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| Chilean patriot who led a revolt |
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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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| Later name for the union in La Plata |
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| States bordering Argentina on the east; part of La Plata |
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| Seat of government in La Plata |
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| Viceroroyalty on the west coast, freed in 1821 |
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| Country formed from the southern part of the viceroroyalty of Peru |
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| Nation of northern South America, ruled by Bolivar |
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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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