Middle America Flashcards
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Mexico was shaped by(3)
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- Colonialism
- Revolution
- Acculturation
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Spanish Conquest Years
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1519-1521
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amerindian
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native people in latin america
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mestizo
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mixed European and amerindian
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mulatto
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mixed European and african
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creole
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European,african, amerindian
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Mexican ethnicity is 60%
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mestizo
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mexico resources
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Oil, minerals, farmaland-all controlled by wealthy
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maquiladora
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foreign owned-import raw materials, local labor, exploit profit
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NAFTA purpose
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- open door to maquiladoras for free trade
- compete with EU and ASIA
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Estimated illegals in US
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12-20million
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Belize is a…
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former british colony
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Banana Republics(3)
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Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua
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costa rica is called…
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Switzerland of central america
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costa rica
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peaceful democratic gov
economic conditions are attractive to international corporations
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CAFTA
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central America free trade agreement
2006
opened up coorportate colonialism
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cafta opposition
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-expand corporate control of economy
-small business cant compete
lower wages for majority of people
-more power in elite hands
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Panama timeline
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- panama included as part of Columbia(1800s)
- french started building canal then quit (1800s)
- Panama freed in 1903 w/ Us aid
- us gained canal zone from france
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continued…..
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- us built panama canal & maintained control -1914
- 1977-pres carter signed treaty to return canal
- 1989- Pres Bush Sr. Us invaded & arrested Panamanian leader
- canal zone & canal returned at end of 1999
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Panamanian leader arrested & why
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Mahiel Nohega
US paid, started going against what US said, drug dealer
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3 main regions of middle america
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Caribbean, mexico, central america
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carribean top language
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Spanish 61%
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greater antilles
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large islands
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less Antilles
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small islands
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carribean natives
taino, carib
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islands are called
rimland
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rimland agriculture
plantation
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plantation agriculture
cash crops, slave labor
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colonialism changed.....of caribbean
religion, ethnicity, economics(plantations)
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Rimland is....descent
Mulato
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Mainland agriculture
hacienda
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Hacienda agriculture
social prestige, local workers, subsistence crops
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Puerto rico
American owned
77% of workforce in tourism
citizens since 1917
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1898 Spanish-American War
start- US battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor
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from Spanish American war us controlled....
cuba,puerto rico, guam, phillipines
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us dominated cuba from
1898-1959
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us backed Cuban pres
baltica
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1959 Cuban revolution
Fidel castro
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Castro series of events
1. rids Havana of organized crime
2. take control of all agricultural lands
3. nationalized all foreign business
4. takes ownership of wealthy estates
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In 1960 the US......on Cuba
place a trade embargo
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1961 bay of pigs invasion
failed miserably, Cuban exhiles
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1962 Cuban missle crisis
Russian missles discovered in cuba, us set up blockade
Us removed turkey missles
Russia removed Cuban missles
-almost nuclear war
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After fall of USSR(year too)
1991, castro turned to tourism for $$
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main Cuban religion
Santeria
| African religion, 70%
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South American main features(2)
amazon river, andes mountains
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inca empire conquered by
pizzaro
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inca location
border of peru and bolivia
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lake in inca empire
lake Titicaca
| one of the largest high elevation lakes
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Aztec conquered by
cortes
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location of aztec
where mexico city is
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tordesillas line
line created by catholic church to separate Spanish and Portuguese colonies
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Physical Regions of S.AMerica(7)
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llanos
altiplano
Atacama desert
pampas-food producing
Patagonia
amazon basin
tierra del fuego
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5 cultural regions
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Tropical plantation
rural ameridian
amazon basin
mixed mestizo
European commercial
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tropical plantation location
former slave trades, N. Coast
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rural amerindian
inca descent, poor, large families, peru/bolivia
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amazon basin location
hardly any people, exploitation of resources
| stip in middle of river
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mixed mestizo
European, Amerindian mix
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European commercial
mix of European people in south, established, $$$
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Least latin area of s. america
the guianas
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3 guianas
Guyana
suriname
frech guiana
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guyana
formerly british, 50% Asian, 43% black mixed
| due to slavery, indentured servants
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suriname
formerly dutch
| Asian/indian 38%, BLACKS 31%, Indonesians 15%
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Why Indonesians in suriname?
Indonesia was a dutch colony, brought over to work
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French guiana
still French colony
creole ethnicity 68%
location of euro space agency
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Columbia famous exports
coffee, drugs, oils
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columbia facts
- three mountain ranges
- 9 southern states together are smaller than
- coastline on Caribbean and pacific
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3 largest cities, columbia
bogota-8mil
Medellin-3mil
cali- 2.5 mil
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3 areas of control in columbia
government
insurgents
drug cartels
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Triangle trade
http://www.irespect.net/images/SlaveTradeMap.jpg
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American to African passage called...
middle passage
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core in brazil is in...
southeast
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largest economic,industrial area
Sao Paulo
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brazil periphery
northern /amazon basin
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favela
slums in cities
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best known brazil city
rio de janero
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Southern cone contains...(3)
chile, brazil, Uruguay
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argentina
- 2nd largest In S.America
- more than 90% of pop. lives in cities
* pampas-largest agricultural region
* Patagonia-enormous natural resources, Atacama desert twin
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chile
2500 miles long, 90 wide
| Atacama desert in the north
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3 regions of chile
northern:desert
central:C Climate
Southern: lots of rain, rainshadow, winds come from pacific
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rainshadow effect
- prevailing winds reach chile from east
- andes mountains cause moisture to precipitate
- leading to west of mts. receiving no moisture
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Chile & NAFTA
- silent partner, separate agreements with each country
| - talk of creating amero
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Guatemala Capital
Guatemala city
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honduras
tegucigalpa
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nicaragua
managua
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belize
belmopan
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el salvador
san salvador
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costa rica
san jose
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panama
panama city
