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19 Cards in this Set

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land bridge
n. A neck of land that connects two landmasses; an isthmus.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary.
saguaro cacti
A large cactus in Northwest Mexico and the Southwest U.S.
altitude zone
An area that is influenced greatly by the altitude.
Toltec
One of many ancient civilizations that conquered the Mesa Central; an ancient mexican empire known by this name.
Aztecs
One of many ancient civilizations that conquered the Mesa Central; an ancient mexican empire known by this name.
hacienda
A vast ranch in Mexico.
peones
a. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary.
coup
The sudden, illegal overthrow of the government by a military officer or other government official.
mestizos
People of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
ejidos
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.
isthmus
A land bridge; a narrow link of land that spans an expanse of water between 2 bodies of land.
plantation economy
An econom based on largescale agricultural operations that employ and house many workers and produce one product, such as rubber, sugar, or cotton.
mulattoes
People with mixed African and European ancestry.
junta
Councils of military and civilian leaders.
Sandinistas
Basically, Nicaraguan communists.
Contras
The opposition to the Sandinistas.
Hispaniola
An island in the Greater Antilles that is occupied by 2 countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
voodoo
A religion that is an odd mix of West African spirit worship, black maagic, and Roman Catholicism.
commonwealth
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.