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30 Cards in this Set
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Hispanic americans
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speak spanish
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luso/lusitanic
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portuguese people that live in the US
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mestizaje
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race mixture
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Patria chica
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idea that indigenous identity was based on city-state and provinces
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caudillo
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a political military leader at the head of an authoritarian power
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debt peonage
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means of paying off loans with direct labor instead of currency or goods
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jibaros
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peruvian tribe that dwell in rainforests
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ejidos
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the government promotion of the use of communal land shared by the people of the community
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ladino
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various socio-ethnic categories in latin and central america
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latifundia
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pieces of landed property covering trmendous areas
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positivism
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states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from posititive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method
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cientificos
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technocratic advisors to Porfirio Diaz
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Guardia Rurales
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a police force, 1861-1914
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Decena Tragica
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1913, a battle and series of events in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution, finished in a coup d' etat, and the murder of President Madero and VP Suarez
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Cristero Revolt
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1926-1929, an uprising against the anti-Catholic Mexican government
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ISI
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a trade and economic policy, substitute products which a country imports with locally produced substitutes
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periphery countries
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developING, primary goods
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core countries
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developED, manufactured goods
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inward looking development
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promote local industrial development, heavy government regulations (opposite of free trade)
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tariff
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import tax
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la decada perdida
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"the lost decade," the financial period of crisis in Latin America during the 80's characterized by foreign debt and poverty
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Prebisch/Singer Thesis
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states that the terms of trade between primary products and manufactured goods tend to deteriorate over time
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free trade
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trade is unhindered by government-imposed restrictions (no taxes or tariffs)
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informal economy
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market income category where certain types of income and their generation are "unregulated by the institutions of society"
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la matanza
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a brief peasant-led uprising in 1932
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populism
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philosophy that purports to defend the interests of the common people against a corrupt elite
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canudos
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loyal supporters of Antonio Conselheiro
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cofradia
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religious brotherhood devoted to saints
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campiseno
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indegenous and mesticos, rural people who work in agriculture and have low income
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cruzob
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mayan rebels
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