Ch 9 Go Vocab

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Indigenous

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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

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Yucatan Peninsula

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a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea.

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mexico city

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The capital of Mexico, in the south central part of the city; pop. 13,636,000.

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Tenochtitlan

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The capital of the Aztec empire (now Mexico City)

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Conquistador

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. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Viceroy

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1.A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign

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Cuba

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1.A country in the western West Indies, the largest and furthest west of the islands, in the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico

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Dominican Republic

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1.A country in the Caribbean Sea that occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola;

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west indies

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1.A chain of islands that extends from the Florida peninsula to the coast of Venezuela and lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hispanola

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1.An island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, divided into the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Panama

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A wide-brimmed hat of strawlike material, originally made from the leaves of a particular tropical palm tree, worn chiefly by men.

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Haiti

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1.A country in the Caribbean Sea that occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola

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Puerto Rico

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1.An island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea

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Rio de Janeiro

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1.A state in eastern Brazil, on the Atlantic coast

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Sao Paulo

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an ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America

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Buenos Aires

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1.The capital city and chief port of Argentina, in the eastern central part of the country, on the Plata River.