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14 Cards in this Set
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Sierra Madre Del Sur
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"Southern" Sierra Madre
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Tarascan
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Indian tribe living in Michoacan
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Chiapas
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southernmost state in Mexico
poorest and most unstable state |
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plaza
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public square in villages
center of life for a town |
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Chichen Itza
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Mayan ruins found in jungles of Yucatan
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Central America
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Countries between Mexico and South America
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isthmus
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narrow land bridge
connects Mexico with South America |
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plantation economy
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farming system
required large numbers of workers to raise specialized crops |
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Maya
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civilization that dates back 1000 BC
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mulattoes
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people of mixed race with partial African and partial European ancestry
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Pan-American Highway
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16,000 miles long road
from Fairbanks Alaska to Puerto Montt, Chile |
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Sandinistas
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Nicaragua
Communist rebels committed human rights violations and suppressed all oppression backed by Communist Soviets |
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Contras
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opposition to Sandinistas
were given supplies and arms by US |
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Panama Canal
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connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
cut travel time 2/3 |
