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16 Cards in this Set
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Indigenous
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what Native Americans are known as today
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Mayans are indigenous here, and it's where indigenous groups thrived
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Mexico City
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about 19.5 million people live there; capital
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Tenochtitlan
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an island and old capital of an Aztec Empire
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Conquistador
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a conqueror;
famous: Cortez(Aztecs) Pizarro(Incas) |
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Viceroy
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royally appointed officials in a highly structured political system
use someone as viceroy because they are familiar with the culture; indigenous |
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Cuba
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it's where people of mixed African and European descent form a large part of the population
closest to Florida; they try to go their because of their leader Castro- dictator |
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Dominican Republic
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it's where people of mixed African and European descent form a large part of the population
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West Indies
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it's where Christopher Columbus arrived
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Hispaniola
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it's where the first European settlement was founded
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Panama
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it has unique geographical features
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Haiti
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in 1804, they won their independence from France
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Puerto Rico
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have political links to the US
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Rio de Jineiro
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In Brazil
southeastern area |
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Sao Paulo
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West of Rio de Jineiro
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Buenos Aries
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in Argentina
also rank among the world's 15 largest urban areas in population |
