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20 Cards in this Set
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native to a place
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indigenous
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refers to people of Native American and European descent
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Mestizo
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the movement of people from rural areas to cities
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urbanization
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a city with more than 10 million people
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megacity
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a city that dominates a country's economy, culture, and gov. and in which population is concentrated usually the capital
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primate city
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picture writing carved in stone
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glyph
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floating farming islands made bt the Aztec
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chinampas
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spanish term for "conqueror" referring to soldiers who conquered Native Americans in Latin America
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conquistador
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representative of the spanish Monarch apopointed to enforce laws in colonial Latin America
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Viceroy
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a Latin American political leader from the late 1800s to the present day, often a miliary dictator
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Caudillo
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blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith
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Syncretism
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faulty or inadequate
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malnutrition
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wall painting
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mural
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picture or design made with small pieces of colored stone, glass, shell, or tile
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mosiac
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household made up of several generations of family memebers
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extended family
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local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group
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dialect
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dalects that blend elements of indigenous, european, african, and asian languages
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patois
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family ruled by a woman such as a mother, grandmother, or aunt
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matriarchal
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the loss of highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
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brian drain
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knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Inca to keep financial records
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quipu
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