Western Hemisphere Map ID Quiz Recap

​The Netherlands (the Dutch) controlled parts of South Africa, Indonesia and limited regions of South America (Suriname) until the 1950's.

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​Afrikaans, a common language in western regions of South Africa, is derived from and mutually intelligible with Dutch.

Spain controlled most of Latin America while Brazil was a Portuguese territory until the mid 19th century.

​Haiti was a French slave colony until the Haitian Revolution, the first of its kind in Latin America.

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​It has been plagued by natural disasters (earthquakes and hurricanes), political instability and the worst poverty in the western hemisphere ever since.

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​Cuba underwent a communist revolution in 1958 led by Fidel Castro.

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​Tensions have been very tense with the US ever since due to events such as the US trade embargo (which made trade with Cuba illegal), the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the US Bay of Pigs Invasion.

​Belize is home to a creole language known as Belizean Creole, a mix of English and West African languages.

​The US built the Panama Canal in order to shorten the journey between its Atlantic and Pacific coastal regions.

​Today, the canal is of strategic military and economic importance as countries all over the world use it to traverse the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

​60% of Canada's population can be found at its southern border with the UNITED STATES due to the region's warmer temperatures and the fresh water supplies located at the Great Lakes.

​Venezuela is home to some of the largest oil reserves in the world and was once the wealthiest country in South America.

​However, government mismanagement of the economy has left it one of the poorest and least stable countries in the region.

​When the US defeated Spain in the Spanish American War, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines were added as US colonial territories as part of the Peace Treaty.