chapter 17

Question 1

Toussaint l’ouverlure

Answer 1

Toussaint L’Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution

Question 2

Saint Dominique

Answer 2

Saint-Domingue was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804

Question 3

Miguel hidalgo

Answer 3

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor, more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence

Question 4

Castilla

Answer 4

Castile is a vaguely defined historical region of Spain.

Question 5

Simon bolivar

Answer 5

Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela,

Question 6

Gran Columbia

Answer 6

Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831

Question 7

Monroe doctrine

Answer 7

Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphe

Question 8

Benito Juarez

Answer 8

Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served as the president of Mexico for five terms

Question 9

War of the pacific

Answer 9

The War of the Pacific, took place from 1879 to 1883, with Bolivia and Peru on one side and Chile on the other

Question 10

Emiliano Zapata

Answer 10

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo

Question 11

Poncho villa

Answer 11

Francisco “Pancho” Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution

Question 12

Vaqueros

Answer 12

a cowboy; a cattle driver

Question 13

Unification

Answer 13

the process of being united or made into a whole

Question 14

Napoleon

Answer 14

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars

Question 15

Brazil

Answer 15

Brazil, a vast South American country, stretches from the Amazon Basin in the north to vineyards and massive Iguaçu Falls in the south.

Question 16

Slave revolt

Answer 16

slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves

Question 17

King John VI

Answer 17

John VI, nicknamed “the Clement”, was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1822

Question 18

Liberals

Answer 18

a supporter or member of a Liberal Party

Question 19

Conservations

Answer 19

Conservation is the ethical use and protection of valuable resources, such as trees, minerals, wildlife, water and others

Question 20

Caudillos

Answer 20

a military or political leader

Question 21

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Answer 21

Santa Anna and sometimes called “the Napoleon of the West”, was a Mexican criollo