latin america vocab

Question 1

a large plantation

Answer 1

Hacienda

Question 2

Mexican revolutionary, champion of agrarianism

Answer 2

Emiliano Zapata

Question 3

a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31

Answer 3

Porfirio Diaz

Question 4

a general in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President Porfirio Díaz

Answer 4

Pancho Villa

Question 5

a statute limiting the amount of land that a person could own and, through the concept of social utility, legalized the federal government’s expropriation and redistribution of land

Answer 5

constitution of 1917

Question 6

takeover of property or resources by the government

Answer 6

nationalization

Question 7

an emphasis on domestic control and protection of the economy

Answer 7

economic nationalism

Question 8

pride in the culture of one’s country

Answer 8

cultural nationalism

Question 9

American foreign policy toward Latin America under the Franklin Roosevelt administration

Answer 9

good neighbor policy