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30 Cards in this Set
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Spain's Regional Languages
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Aranese, Basque, Catalan, Calician
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Spain's National Hero
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El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar)
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Spain's Government
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A parliamentary system under a constitutional monarchy
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King of Spain
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Juan Carlos I
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Prime Minister of Spain
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Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)
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Spain First Formed
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Year 569
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Spain's Dynastic Government Formed
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1479
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Spain Becomes a Nation State
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1812
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Spain Becomes a Constitutional Democracy
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1978
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Currently the __th Largest Economy in the World
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12th
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Mexico Declares Independence from Spain
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1810
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Mexico is Recognized as an Independent Nation
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1821
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Mexico's Independence Days
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September 15th and 16th
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Oldest University in the New World
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University of Mexico, Founded in 1553
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This nation spends more money on education than defense
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Mexico
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Mexico's Government System
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Representative, Democratic, and Republican
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Mexico's Levels of Government
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Federal Union
State Governments Municipal Governments |
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Mexico's Major Political Parties
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Partido Accion Nacional
Partido Revolutionario Institutional Partido de la Revolucion Democratica |
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Mexican President
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Felipe Calderon (Partido Accion Nacional)
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Spanish American Wars of Independence
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1804-1826
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Simon Bolivar
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Venezuela - led a great uprising in Northern South America
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Jose de San Martin
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Argentina - cornered the Royal Army of the Spanish Crown and forced its surrender in Ecuador
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Democratic governments overthrown in favor of military dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay
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Democratic governments overthrown in favor of military dictatorships in the 1960's and 1970's
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Peru suffers major internal conflicts
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Major internal conflicts in 1980's and 1990's
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Falklands War 1982
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War: Argentina vs. Britain
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FARC-EP - since 1964
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Marxist Guerrillas - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
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Peru's Government
Peru's Economy Major Exports |
Presidential Republic
Market Oriented Copper, Gold, zinc, textiles, fish |
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The Amazon River begins here
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Peru
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Machu-Piccu
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Most famous ruins in Peru
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Incas: Modern Day Country
Capital City Conqueror Language |
Peru
Machu-Piccu Francisco Pizarro Quechua |
