4 th Nine Weeks Latin America and United States History

4th Nine Weeks

Latin America and

United States History

This is considered a _______________ map.

(Political, Physical, Thematic)

What is the significance of the Panama Canal? What type of

landform is it?

These pictures are examples of what? What are some causes?

This is a picture of Tenochtitlan. What is this city called today?

What is the Columbian Exchange and what was exchanged? How did

it affect the natives?

Why did the Spanish want the African slaves in parts of Latin America?

According to this map, what language is spoken in Brazil?

Each picture represents a current issue in Brazil. Name the issue each picture represents and name one other issue.

Draw some of the agricultural products produced in Argentina.

Name three similarities and three differences in the educational system of Argentina and America.

• What does NAFTA stand for and what is it’s purpose? What three countries are involved in NAFTA?

• The nation’s first constitution was called the ___________________ ____

_______________________________.

What was wrong with it, and what was done to fix the problem?

What are the three branches of government and what is the job of each branch dealing

with laws?

Explain the system of checks and balances .

The system where power is shared between the national government and the state

government is called ____________________.

• What is the purpose of the Preamble in the Constitution?

Which one of the first ten amendments do you feel is the most important and why?

What are some similarities between the French Revolution and American Revolution

concerning women?