Part 1 Flashcards
Apartheid (Africa)
was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994, under which the rights of the majority ‘non-white’ inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and minority rule by white people was maintained.
Panama Canal (Panama)
Built from 1904 to 1914, it is the ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe and Spain and Portugal along a meridan west of Cape verde islands (off west coast of Africa).
“The Dirty War”
Military regime that followed was a reign of terror known as la Guerra sucia, in which any dissidents were kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and their children were sold. refers to the state-sponsored violence against Argentine citizenry and left-wing guerrillas and their sympathizers from roughly 1976 to 1983. (Argentina)
Insurgent Groups
used to describe a movement’s unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with the law of the land. Carries an implication that the rebels cause is illegitimate, whereas those rising up will see the authority itself as being illegitimate.
Maquiladoras
The term given to zones in northern Mexico with factories supplying manufactured goods to the U.S. market. The low-wage workers in the primarily foreign-owned factories assemble imported components and/or raw materials and then export finished goods.
“Ciudades Perdidas”
Factories that assemble imported, duty-free components and raw materials into finished industrial products in Mexico.
Land-Bridge
A strip of land connecting two continents.
The Aztecs
Founded Tenochtitlan now Mexico City. Was the greatest and richest city in the Americas during 14th century. (Mexico)
The Incas
The headquarters were in Cuzco Basin of the Peruvian Andes. They forged the greatest ancient empire on the continent. Their empire stretched from Colombia to central Chile. At height they had over 20 million people wit highly centralized administration. (South America)
