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37 Cards in this Set
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Land-Bridge
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is an isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals and plants are able to cross and colonise new lands.
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Ciudades Perdidas
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The slums which are located around Mexico City or El DF
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Maquiladoras
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An Assembly Plant in Mexico
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Panama Canal
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Canal which French tried to create when they were still part of Colombia but US ended up building once Panama seceded
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The Dirty War
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When the Argentine police tortured and killed anyone who opposed the reigning political party, resulting opposition were called Las Madres
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Insurgent Groups
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an armed rebellion against a constituted authority `
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Perforated
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Examples can be both Italy, which is perforated by both the Vatican and San Marino, or South Africa, sorrounds Lesotho.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues
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Apartheid
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was a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party governments,
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The Aztecs
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-Central Mexico
-Good -Conquered By Cortes |
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The Incas
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-South America
-Good -Conquered By Spanish |
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Hernan Cortes
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-Spanish
-Bad -Conquered the Aztecs |
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Jose de San Martin
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-Argentine
-Good -Led the Revolution Against the Spanish |
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Simon Bolivar
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-Venezuela
-Good -Led Revolution against Spansih |
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The Tonton Macoutes
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-Haiti
-Bad -Killed many people under Papa Doc |
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Castro Chavez and Morales
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-Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia
-Bad -All crazy Dictators |
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Juan Eva and Isabel Peron
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-Argentine
-Good -Wife of Juan led Argentina well Juan and Isabel didnt |
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Augusto Pinochet
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-Chile
-Bad -Overthrew Gov and murdered a lot of his own citizens |
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Domingo Sarmiento
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-Argentine
-Good -Tried to Imitate Europe |
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Pope Alexander VI
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-Italian
-Bad -Did many Controversial things |
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FARC
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-Colombian
-Bad -Took Over Part of Colombia, Ran by Drug Lords |
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Muammar Qaddafi
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-Libya
-Bad -Became friend of anyone who was against America |
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Huophouet Boigny
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-Ivory Coast
-Good -Great Leadership for Ivory Coast (1st Pres) |
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Mathieu Kerekou
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-Benin
-Bad -Ruled under Marxist Rule but then kicked out and was later re-elected |
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Paul Biya
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-Cameroon
-Good -Was president of Cameroon and wanted Single Party Politics |
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Jean Bedel Bokassa
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-Central Africa Replubic
-Bad -Was Insane and made Himself Emperor |
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Michele Bachelet
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-Chile
-Good -First Woman Pres |
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Francisco Macias Nguema
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-Equitorial Guinea
-Bad -Was Overthrown after ruling for 11 Years |
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Albert Schweitzer
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-German
-Good -Set Up Hospitals in Africa |
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Ninjas and Cobras
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-Republic of The Congo
-Bad -They are at War and a lot of Innocent Bystanders |
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Tutsi and Hutus
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-Rwanda
-Bad -Hotel de Mille Coliines were genocide was occurring |
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Idi Amin
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-Uganda
-Bad -Killed many people under his rule |
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Daniel Moi
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-Kenya
-Bad -Very Corrupt |
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Bakili Muluzi
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-Malawi
-Bad -Put Malawi way too deep into debt |
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Robert Mugabe
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-Zimbabwe
-Bad -Fraud and Intimidation of opposition |
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Nelson Mandela
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-South Africa
-Good -Won Multiracial Election in Africa First of its kind |
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Las Madres
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-Argetina
-Good -Looking for Answers to La Guerra Sucia |
