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The _____ _____ of Mexico began when Cortes and his soldiers conquered the Aztecs in 1521
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Spanish Conquest
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______are factories in Mexico that assemble imported material into finished goods that are then exported, mostly to the Us
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Maquiladoras
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The _____ _____ cuts through Panama and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Panama Canal
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From their capital at Cuzco in Peru, the _____ extended their power and built a great empire.
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Inca
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Their language is Quechua
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_____ is a martial art and dance that developed in Brazil from African origins.
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Capoeira
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Tenochtitlán
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Aztec capital
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PRI
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In Mexico, a political party that helped to introduce democracy.
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Institutional Revolutionary Party
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NAFTA
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A trade agreement between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
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United Provinces of Central America
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In 1823, this area declared its independence from Mexico.
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Central America
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Reggae
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Music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s.
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Quechua
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Language of the Inca
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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An agreement between Spanish and Portugal that gave Portugal control over the land that became present day Brazil
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Carnival
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A festival in Brazil
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Samba
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A Brazilian dance with African influences
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Cultural Hearth
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A place from which important ideas spread. Usually the origin of major cultures.
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Calypso
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Music they began in Trinidad. Combines elements from Africa, Spain, and the United States.
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The _____ __________ of the South American continents are part of a chain of mountain range that runs down the Pacific Coast of North, Central, and South America.
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Andes Mountains
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They have made settlement along the pacific coast of South America Difficult.
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The _______ are vast expanses of plains found in the interior of Brazil
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Cerrado
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In South America, the _____ ______ flows about 4,000 miles from west to east, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amazon River
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Both _____ and ______ factors are at work in moving peasants and farmers off the land and drawing them to the city.
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Push + Pull
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A country ________ includes such things as sewers, transportation, electricity, and housing.
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Infrastructure
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Pampas
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Grassland of northern Argentina and Uruguay
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Llanos
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Vast plains in Colombia and Venezuela.
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Orinoco River
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A 1,500-mile river that flows mainly through Venezuela.
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Paraná River
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A 3,000-miles river that flows through Paraguay and Argentina.
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Rain Forests
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They cover more than two million square miles of a South America and contains many species of trees.
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Usually found in Tropical Wet Climate
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Slash-and-Burn
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A method used to clear land farming.
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Terraced Farming
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An ancient technique for growing crops on hillside or mountain slopes.
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________ means the cutting down and clearing of trees and forest.
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Deforestation
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______ is the term used for the rising of temperature of the atmosphere.
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Global warming
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Climate Warming, caused by excessive carbon dioxide.
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____-___-______-______ is a plan in which a government get debt relief and environmentalists get rain forest preservation.
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Debt-for-nature-swap
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An _______ is a government run by a few people.
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Oligarchy
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Throughout the 20th century, many Latin American countries were ruled by a military dictator or political boss known as a ________.
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Caudillo
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Juan Perón was a famous one.
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Biodiversity
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A wide range of plant and animal species.
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Junta
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A harsh government run by the military.
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Land Reform
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The breaking up of large landholdings and giving land to the poor peasant farmers.
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Altiplano
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High basins or plateaus
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Peru Current
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Cool air meets overhead warm air, causing fog and humidity but little precipitation
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People learned ______ techniques 9000 yeas ago.
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Farming
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People learned ______ techniques 9000 yeas ago.
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Farming
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What were the achievements of the Olmecs
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-Studied the Heavens
-builded pyramids -stone calendars |
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What were the achievements of the Mayans?
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-math
-calendar -system of writing |
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In 1830, Mexico went I. War with the U.S.A over _______.
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Texas
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In ________ Texas joined the USA
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1845
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What were the achievements of the Toltecs?
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-master buildings
-mighty worriers -lasted 3000 years |
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What were the achievements of the Aztecs?
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-marvelous buildings
-pyramids -religion (gods) -streets -canals -builded 2 large cities |
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The Aztecs invaders came from the ______.
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North
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What are 2 reasons why the Aztec civilization fell?
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-revolts
Arrival of the Europeans |
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Creoles
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Wealthy people that had power.
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Haciendas
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Large states used for plantation or ranches
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People arrived to Mexico _______ years ago.
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20,000
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When was Mexico's Declaration of Independence from Spain?
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1821
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The first Mexican president, Victoria, was elected in ________.
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1824
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