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2 Column Notes – The Blending of Ethnic Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean

SS6G4: The students will describe the cultural characteristics of people who live in

Latin America and the Caribbean.

a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.

Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.

First, write the questions on your paper and then answer.

|The blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. |Answers: |

|1. a. What are the three main sources of the |a. |

|cultural groups of Latin America and the | |

|Caribbean? |b. |

|b. What caused this diversity in cultures? | |

|2. What happened to many native people | |

|when the Europeans arrived? | |

|3. a. Why were Africans brought to the New |a. |

|World? | |

|b. Where do the mulattoes trace their |b. |

|ancestry? | |

|c. Where do the mestizos trace their |c. |

|ancestry? | |

|4. a. What is the predominant religion in |a. |

|Latin America? | |

|b. Explain how the “Day of the Dead” is an |b. |

|example of blended culture. | |

|c. Santeria in Cuba traces its origin from |c. |

|where? | |

|5. Even though people in Latin America are | |

|proud of their diverse heritage, what | |

|problems exist because of it? | |

|The region of “Latin America” and its relationship to Spanish and Portuguese |Answers: |

|languages. | |

|6. Explain why Columbus’s voyage was so | |

|important. | |

|7. a. Which lands in the New World were |a. |

|claimed by Spain? | |

|b. Which lands were claimed by Portugal? |b. |

|8. Explain how both the Spanish and | |

|Portuguese were similar in their history of | |

|conquering this new region. | |

|9. a. How did the colonies set up by the | |

|Spanish and Portuguese gain their | |

|independence? | |

|b. This could be compared to which | |

|colonies? | |

|10. a. What languages are spoken in Latin |a. |

|America? | |

|b. Explain why this area is called Latin |b. |

|America. | |

|c. Why are the English-speaking countries |c. |

|of North America not included? | |

|Look at the map on page 35 to answer |Answers: |

|11. The region labeled New Spain was | |

|claimed by what country? | |

|12. Which European countries claimed small | |

|portions of South America in 1763? | |

|Literacy and Standard of living in Latin America |Answers: |

|13. a. What does the term literacy mean? |a. |

|b. Why is literacy important? | |

|c. How does the literacy rate affect the |b. |

|standard of living? | |

| |c. |

|14. a. Why does the literacy rate vary |a. |

|between boys and girls in some | |

|countries? |b. |

|b. What is being done to improve the | |

|literacy rate? | |

|15. a. What is one reason why many people |a. |

|cannot read or write? | |

|b. What are the effects of not being able |b. |

|to read or write? | |

|16. What is the cycle of poverty? | |

|Look at page 38 to answer these questions. |Answers: |

|17. Which country has the best rates of literacy for its | |

|people? | |

|18. Which country has the greatest difference | |

|between boys’ and girls’ literacy rates? | |

|19. Which country has a literacy rate better than the | |

|regional average? | |

|20. If a businesswoman wanted to build a factory and | |

|have educated workers, which country would be | |

|the best choice? | |

Answers to questions below

First, write the questions on your paper and then answer.

|The blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. |Answers: |

|1. a. What are the three main sources of the cultural |a. Europeans, Africans and Native Americans |

|groups of Latin America and the Caribbean? | |

| |b. Members of these groups have intermarried |

|b. What caused this diversity in cultures? | |

|2. What happened to many native people when the |Native Americans were in slaved and forced to work in mines and on farms. Many |

|Europeans arrived? |died from the diseases the Europeans brought with them. |

|3. a. Why were Africans brought to the New World? |a. Africans were brought slaves to as work on plantations |

| | |

|b. Where do the mulattoes trace their ancestry? |b. In Brazil, Panama, and the West Indies – trace ancestry to Africans and |

| |Europeans |

|c. Where do the mestizos trace their ancestry? | |

| |c. Ancestry is both European and Native American |

|4. a. What is the predominant religion in Latin |a. the predominant religion is Roman Catholic |

|America? | |

|b. Explain how the “Day of the Dead” is an |b. Day of the Dead is a blend of Native American and European beliefs |

|example of blended culture. | |

|c. Santeria in Cuba traces its origin from where? |c. Santeria has its origin in African traditional beliefs |

|5. Even though people in Latin America are |The people with European ancestry usually have more important jobs, better |

|proud of their diverse heritage, what |education and health care, and more money than others. |

|problems exist because of it? | |

|The region of “Latin America” and its relationship to Spanish and Portuguese |Answers: |

|languages. | |

|6. Explain why Columbus’s voyage was so |He was given credit for discovering the New World |

|important. | |

|7. a. Which lands in the New World were |a. Florida, Mexico, and a large part of Central and South America, and some |

|claimed by Spain? |islands in the West Indies |

|b. Which lands were claimed by Portugal? |b. Brazil |

|8. Explain how both the Spanish and Portuguese were |Each conquered the native pop. and attempted to use them as slave laborers, |

|similar in their history of conquering this new |each later imported African slaves to work in mines and large farms. |

|region. | |

|9. a. How did the colonies set up by the Spanish and |a. The colonies fought for their independence |

|Portuguese gain their independence? | |

| |b. This was similar to how the British colonies in North America gained their |

|b. This could be compared to which colonies? |independence. |

|10. a. What languages are spoken in Latin America? |a. Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Dutch, and many more. |

| | |

|b. Explain why this area is called Latin America. |b. The dominant languages spoken of Spanish and Portuguese trace their language|

| |to the ancient Latin languges spoken by the Romans. |

| |c. The English speaking countries language is based on an ancient German |

| |language |

|c. Why are the English-speaking countries | |

|of North America not included? | |

|Look at the map on page 35 to answer |Answers: |

|11. The region labeled New Spain was claimed by |Spain |

|what country? | |

|12. Which European countries claimed small |Dutch, Russian, and French |

|portions of South America in 1763? | |

|Literacy and Standard of living in Latin America |Answers: |

|13. a. What does the term literacy mean? |a. A person who is able to read and write |

| | |

|b. Why is literacy important? |b. Literacy is a major factor in whether a person is able to get a job and be |

| |successful in the workplace. |

|c. How does the literacy rate affect the standard | |

|of living? |c. The lower the literacy rate the more than likely the country is very poor. |

|14. a. Why does the literacy rate vary between boys |a. In some cultures it is believed to be more important for boys to have an |

|and girls in some countries? |education than girls. |

| | |

|b. What is being done to improve the literacy rate? |b. many governments, missionaries, and aid groups are helping to educate all |

| |the children in the poorest of countries. |

|15. a. What is one reason why many people cannot |a. Many times the communities cannot afford to pay for teachers and schools. |

|read or write? | |

|b. What are the effects of not being able to read |b. Workers are stuck in the lowest-paying jobs. |

|or write? | |

|16. What is the cycle of poverty? |People can’t get an education, so they can only get low-paying jobs. Because |

| |they can only get low-paying jobs they cannot get enough money to pay for their|

| |children’s education. |

|Look at page 38 to answer these questions. |Answers: |

|17. Which country has the best rates of literacy for its |Guatemala has the best literacy rates |

|people? | |

|18. Which country has the greatest difference |Guatemala has the greatest difference between boys’ and girls’. |

|between boys’ and girls’ literacy rates? | |

|19. Which country has a literacy rate better than the |Guatemala and Bolivia have a literacy rate better than the regional average. |

|regional average? | |

|20. If a businesswoman wanted to build a factory and |Even though Guatemala’s rate for educating women is low it still would be the |

|have educated workers, which country would be |better choice. |

|the best choice? | |

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