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16 Cards in this Set
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Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
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Indigenous
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Indigenous groups thrived from here
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Yucatan Peninsula
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About 19.5 million people live within an area of 597 square miles
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Mexico City
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Aztec's capital was build on this large lake
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Tenochtitlan
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Conquerer
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Conquistador
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Royally appointed officials
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Viceroy
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People of mixed African and European descent form a large part of the population
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Cuba
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People of mixed African and European descent form a large part of the population
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Dominican Republic
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First part of colonization of Central America and the Caribbean
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West Indies
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First permanent European settlement
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Hispanola
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Explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first to grasp the unique graphic features of this land
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Panama
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A soldier born to enslaved parents, led a revolt of enslaved Africans here
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Haiti
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Has political links to the United States
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Puerto Rico
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Brazilian government moved the capital from here in 1960
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Rio de Jineiro
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Rank among the world's 15 largest urban areas in population
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Sao Paulo
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Rank among the world's 15 largest urban areas in population
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Buenos Aries
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