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Modern Nations Flashcards

1
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Cowboys from this country are called vaqueros.

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Mexico

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2
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Artists from this country include Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.

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Mexico

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The north region of this country has dry and rocky places so farmers have had to adapt to it.

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Mexico

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4
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During the 1990’s, rebel groups fought the government and over 200,000 people were killed in this nation.

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Guatemala

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5
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This country has the highest literacy rate in Central America.

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Costa Rica

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6
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In 1999, the US gave control of this country back to it.

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Panama

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7
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This country lies 90 miles south of Florida

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Cuba

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8
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A major source of income in this country is remittances

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Haiti

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9
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Citizens in this country are American citizens and can come to the US any time they want.

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Puerto Rico

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10
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This is the growth of cities due to internal migration.

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Urbanization

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The process by which people people adjust to their culture.

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Socialization

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This is when people came to believe that their culture is superior to others.

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Ethnocentrism

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13
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In this the power is held by the people

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Democracy

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14
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In this the ruler rules by force

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Dictatorship

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15
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This is led by a king or queen

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Monarchy

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16
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This is where the government makes they key economic decisions about resources.

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Command economy

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17
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These are tall grasslands that stretch from Colombia to Argentina

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Llanos

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18
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These cover most of Argentina and Uruguay and provide grazing land

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Pampas

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19
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In 1519 a Spanish army led by _____ took over the Aztec

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Hernan Cortez

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20
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These people lived in Mexico from 300-900 and they completely disappeared all of a sudden

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Maya

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21
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These people lived in Mexico from 1500 to 300 BCE and specialized in minerals, corn, beans and squash

22
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This person led a conquest that conquered the Inca

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Francisco Pizarro

23
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These people lived in Mexico and built the city of Tula

24
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These people lived in central Mexico, captured Tula and their capital was Tenochtitlan

25
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These people lived in the 1400’s along the Andes

26
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This person was a Venezuelan military leader who was the president of Bolivia

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Simon Bolivar

27
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This person was the liberator of Argentina

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San Martian

28
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This person was a president of Argentina and and a general and politician

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Juan Peron

29
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This person is the current president of Cuba

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Raul Castro

30
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This person was the former president of Venezuela

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Hugo Chavez

31
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This person is the best known leader of the Haitian revolution

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Toussaint L ‘Ouverture

32
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Many foreign countries have built______ or factories which workers assemble parts in other countries

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Maquiladoras

33
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These are farms that are common in Mexico where one family grows enough food to live

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Subsistence farms

34
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This is the position of a place on the earths surface

35
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This describes the characteristics of things that make it unique

36
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This is how people affect or change their environment to meet their needs.

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Human Environment Interaction

37
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That explains how and why people, places and things move from place to play

38
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This refers to areas on the earths surface that have several common characteristics

39
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This projection gives a good overall view

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Winkel Teipel

40
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This projection shows land close its true shape and size

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Goodies interrupted equal area projection

41
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This projection had minor distortions and the north and south poles are flattened.

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Robinson projection

42
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This projection shows land shapes fairly accurately, but not size or distance

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Mercator projection

43
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This is the fifth largest country in the world and the largest in South America

44
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This country has the largest population of all the Latin American countries with 187 million people

45
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Cowboys from this country are called gauchos

46
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Beef is the chief export in this country

47
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In 1998, this country elected Hugo Chavez as their president

48
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This country is one of the worlds leading producers of oil and natural gas

49
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This country is the worlds leading supplier of emeralds

50
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80% of people in this country live in valleys and highland plateaus

51
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This country is 2652 miles long

52
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This country has an unusual ribbonlike shape

Latin America (1 decks)

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