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Indigenous
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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native: "the indigenous peoples of Siberia".
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Yucatan: 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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Tenochtitlan (Tenōchtitlān|tenoːtʃˈtitɬaːn) (sometimes paired with Mexico as Mexico Tenochtitlan or Tenochtitlan Mexico) was a Nahua altepetl (city-state) located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico
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Conquistador
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A conqueror, esp. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
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Viceroy
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A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign
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Rio de Jineiro
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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 Aries
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The capital city and chief port of Argentina, in the eastern central part of the country, on the Plata River; pop. 2,961,000
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Cuba
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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; pop. 11,308,000; capital, Havana; official language, Spanish
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Dominican Republic
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A country in the Caribbean Sea that occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola; pop. 8,830,000; capital, Santo Domingo; official language, Spanish
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West Indies
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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. They consist of three main island groups: the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas, with Bermuda lying further to the north. Originally inhabited by Arawak and Carib Indians, the islands were visited by Columbus in 1492 and named by him in the belief that he had reached the coast of India. The islands now consist of a number of independent states and British, French, Dutch, and US dependencies
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Hispanola
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, divided into the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After its European discovery by Columbus in 1492, Hispaniola was colonized by the Spaniards, who ceded the western part (now Haiti) to France in 1697
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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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A country in the Caribbean Sea that occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola; pop. 7,600,000; capital, Port-au-Prince; official languages, Haitian Creole and French
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Puerto Rico
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea; pop. 3,808,610; capital, San Juan. One of the earliest Spanish settlements in the New World, it was ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. In 1952 it became a commonwealth in voluntary association with the US with full powers of local government
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