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Latin America Flashcards

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Tierra Caliente

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Hot land~ close to sea level

-banana and sugar

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Tierra Templada

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3,000 feet above sea level

-highest land in central

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Tierra Fria

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6,000 feet above sea level

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Andes Mountains

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Backbone of South America

-second largest mountain range in the world

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5
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Avenue of volcanoes

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5 active volcanoes

-surrounded by Andes

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6
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Olianos

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Columbia and Venezuela

-dry grass lands

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Gran Chanco

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Swamp sparsely inhabited

-twice size of NJ

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Pompas

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Cattle beef, best

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Atacama desert

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Highest elevation

-one of driest

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Patagonian region

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Cold

  • mountainous
  • scarcely populated
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Tierra Feugo

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Remains of glaciers

-last ice age

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12
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Amazing rainforest

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Largest forest in the world

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Amazon river

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20% of world’s fresh water

-runs through rainforest

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Tenochtitlan

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City where Aztec empire was based

  • built around lake(made it easy to defend)
  • bigger than London
  • had police force and trash
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15
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Chiampa

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Floating gardens~ put crops on floating soil

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Herman Cortez

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Spanish conquistador

  • takes away his men’s escape routes
  • will conquer the Aztecs or die trying
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Montezuma II

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Leader of Aztecs

-fascinated by Cortez and doesn’t see his threat

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Cuzco

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Center of Inca empire and culture

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Quechua

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People of the valley

20
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Sapa

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Title for ruler of the Inca

21
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Inti

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Inca sun God

22
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Mita System

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Labor taxation system

  • forced labor system
  • literally means to take a turn
23
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Quipus

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Didn’t have a writing system

-numbering system string and knots

24
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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador (Inca) 
-wants to meet with head of Inca
25
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Atahuala

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Sappa Inca

  • head of Inca
  • isn’t excited about meeting Pizarro
26
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Viceroys

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Ruled New Spain + Peru on King’s behalf

27
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Audencias

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Courts

28
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Haciendas

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Large plantations

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Econmendia

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Land grant

-were allowed to use native population as their labor source

30
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Peninsulares (1)

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Born in Spain but move to America

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Creoles (2)

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Spanish born in Americas

32
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Mestizos (3)

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Intermarriage of Spanish and natives

33
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Mulattos (4)

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Spanish and black descendants

34
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Simon Bolivar

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George Washington of Latin America

-motivated by French Revolution

35
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Father Guadalupe Hidalgo

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  • pushed for independence
  • was killed
  • becomes symbol for independence
36
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Military Juntas

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Gang of soldiers

-military dictatorships

37
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Coup d’etats

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Internal rebellion

-many had this happen

38
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Monroe Doctrine

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Told the world no other countries could seek out colonial rule in the Americas

39
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Big Stick Diplomacy

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US would use their power + influence to get what they want

40
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Roosevelt Corallary

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US can come into other countries if they see a problem

41
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Taft Dollar Diplomacy

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Used our financial influence to influence policy’s in Latin America (bribing)

42
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Banana Republics

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American agricultural companies had more influence in Latin America than the government

43
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Good Neighbor Policy

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FDR tried to limit Americas influence

44
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Fidel Castro

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Takes over Cuba and kicks out all US business interests

  • nationalized everything in Cuba
  • becomes friends with Soviets
45
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Pablo Escobar

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Head of Medellin Cartel in Columbia

  • control of drug trade
  • one of most powerful and rich criminals

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