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31 Cards in this Set
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agragarian reform
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where peaseants demanded land redistribution
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Altiplano
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the treeless high plain of Peru and Bolivia
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altitudinal zonation
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the relationship between cooler temperatures at higher elevations and changes in vegetation
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Central American Free Trade Agreement
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newly formed group for free trade in central america
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Columbian Exchange
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an immense biological swap during the contact period between the old world and the new world
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dependency theory
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theory that says that expansion of European capitalism created the region's underdevelopment
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dollarization
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a process by which a country adopts--in whole or in part--the US dollar as its official currency
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El Nino
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every decade or so, an abnormally large current arrives that produces torrential rains, signaling the arrival of this year
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environmental lapse rate
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declining temperatures as you increase elevation
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Free Trade Area of the Americas
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hemispheric trade for North, Central, and South America
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grassification
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conversion of tropical forest into pasture
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informal sector
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the economic sector that relies on self-employed, low-wage jobs that are virtually unregulated and untaxed
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latifundia
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the entrenched practice of maintaining large estates is referred
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machismo
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cultural traits often ascribed to men
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maquiladora
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Mexican assembly plants that line the border with the US
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marianismo
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cultural traits often ascribed to women
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megacity
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a very large city with a population of more than 10 million
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Mercosur
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the Southern Cone Common Market which includes Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay as full members and Bolivia and Chile as associate members and NAFTA
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mestizo
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those people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
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minifundia
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when peasants farm small plots for their subsistence
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neoliberal policies
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stresses privitization, export production, direct foreign investment, and few restrictions on imports
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Organization of American States
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where a more neutral Pan-American vision of American relations and hemisperic cooperation has held sway
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remittances
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monies sent back home
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rural-to-urban migration
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when peasants pour into the cities of Latin America
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shields
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humid lowlands interspersed with upland plateaus
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subnational organizations
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groups that represent areas or people within the state
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supranational organizations
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governing bodies that include several states
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syncretic religions
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blends of different belief systems
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transnationalism
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the ability to straddle livelihoods between two countries
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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when the Pope split up the Atlantic world in half
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urban primacy
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a condition in which a country has a primate city three to four times larger than any other city in the country
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