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19 Cards in this Set
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land bridge
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n. A neck of land that connects two landmasses; an isthmus.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary. |
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saguaro cacti
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A large cactus in Northwest Mexico and the Southwest U.S.
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altitude zone
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An area that is influenced greatly by the altitude.
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Toltec
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One of many ancient civilizations that conquered the Mesa Central; an ancient mexican empire known by this name.
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Aztecs
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One of many ancient civilizations that conquered the Mesa Central; an ancient mexican empire known by this name.
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hacienda
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A vast ranch in Mexico.
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peones
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a. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary. |
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coup
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The sudden, illegal overthrow of the government by a military officer or other government official.
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mestizos
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People of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
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ejidos
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n. In Mexico, the communal farmland of a village, usually assigned in small parcels to the villagers to be farmed under a federally supported system of communal land tenure.
Source: Webster's New World College Dictionary. |
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isthmus
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A land bridge; a narrow link of land that spans an expanse of water between 2 bodies of land.
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plantation economy
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An econom based on largescale agricultural operations that employ and house many workers and produce one product, such as rubber, sugar, or cotton.
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mulattoes
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People with mixed African and European ancestry.
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junta
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Councils of military and civilian leaders.
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Sandinistas
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Basically, Nicaraguan communists.
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Contras
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The opposition to the Sandinistas.
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Hispaniola
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An island in the Greater Antilles that is occupied by 2 countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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voodoo
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A religion that is an odd mix of West African spirit worship, black maagic, and Roman Catholicism.
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commonwealth
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n. Used to refer to a self-governing, autonomous political unit voluntarily associated with the United States, namely, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary. |