South America Flashcards
Largest river in terms of volume
Amazon River
The desert found in Chile; driest desert in the world
Atacama
Longest mountain range in the World
Andes
Most sparsely populated mountain region of South America
Patagonia
Type of government of Cuba
Communism
What countries colonized South America
SPAIN, PORTUGAL, French, Dutch
The mesoamerican Aztec empire located where?
Near Mexico City
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty by the pope that divided the world in two, half for Spain and half for Portugal
Peninsulares
Born in Spain and held important offices
Creole
Born in the New World but parents are both from Spain
Mestizo
Born to mixed racial heritage
What country produces 75% of the world’s cocaine
Columbia
Where was the Inca empire located
Peru
Encomienda
System to exploite and enslave Native Americans
Who colonized Brazil
Portugal
Who colonized Mexico
Spain
Where was the Mayan Empire located
Yucatan Peninsula
Who is the leader of Cuba today
Raul Castro
The Mayan calendar was based on cycles of
creation and destruction
314 BC to Dec. 12, 2012
When the world was created to the time it would complete it’s downward cycle, according to the mayans.
Quetzalcoatl & Cortes
Aztecs believed that Quetzalcoatl (god) had left the valley of Mexico in the 10th decade, and would return in triumph. Cortes (spanish explorer) arrived at the time that the Aztecs beleved Quetzalcoatl would return. Cortes took advantage of the opportunity. He and his group of explorers destroyed their temple and burned 1000s of books, except 4. The leader of the Aztec, Montezuma, didn’t believe Cortes was Quetzalcoatl so he created conflict between Cortes and the Aztec people. In a large battle, Cortes and his group killed all of the Aztecs.
Human Sacrifices for the Sun God
Part of the Aztec religion.
Why did Spaniard destroy Aztec books/records?
They believed they were evil and were by satan because they weren’t Christian.
Mulattoes
Mixed African and European, Darker skin, Labor
Why do people in Columbia have to farm Coca Leaves and make Cocaine.
It is the only thing that will give them a profit.
Cartel
Groups that sell drugs to make money.
Gasoline, Amonia, Sulfuric Acid, Lyme, Coca Leaves
Ingredients in Cocaine
Machu Pichu
Most Famous Incan City, located at the top of a mountain.
Incas
Great road makers and builders
Teotihucan and Tenochtitlan
Aztec Cities
Chichen Itza
Mayan Temple
The Mayans wrote on
Bark, Clay and Stone
365 days/year
18 mths.
20 day/mth.
-5 extra at end of last month to fit 365 days
Mayan Calendar
Mayan writing is based on
Heiroglyphs (pictures)
