Spanish-speaking South America
Chapter 10, Section 3
Vocabulary
• Inca
• Quechua
• Mercosur
Human Perspective
Why did Pizarro defeat the Inca at Cajamarca and not the other way around?
Conquest and the End of Spanish Rule
• Inca
• Spanish rule
– Forced labor
– Spanish Religion and language
• Seeking independence
• Unfulfilled promise of
democracy
A Cultural Mosaic
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Isolation
Literature
Music
Arts and Crafts
What factors may have contributed
to the lack of democracy in the
region?
Economics: Resources and Trade
• Agriculture, minerals
and oil
• Variety:
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Oil
Seafood
Tin, Zinc, Copper
Grain and livestock
• Chilean success story
Education and the Future
• Education to attack challenges
• High Literacy Rates
• Chile’s system and history
7. Whose Empire did Pizzaro conquer in the
1500s?
a. the Aztecs
b. the Inkadinkadoos
c. the Maya
d. the Inca
8. Why was Simon Bolivar discouraged by the end
of his life?
a. He only had one country named after him.
b. He had failed to achieve independence from
Spain
c. Instead of democracy, most of the new
countries were governed as oligarchies and
military dictatorships.
d. He wasn’t. He died happy and rich on the Gold
Coast of Spain.
9. Which country seems to show the greatest
potential for economic development in the
Region?
a. Bolivia
b. Venezuela
c. Paraguay
d. Chile