Terminos Claves Flashcards
La cordiellera de los Andes
Andes mountain range in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
El rIo amazonas
Big river in Peru
Las incas (incaico/a)
In Peru. Were conquered by the Spanish in 1533-1538. Indigenous group
Machu Picchu
Incan city in Peru
TUpac Amaru II
Directed the indigenous revolution in Peru 1780-1781
MRTA
Movimiento revolucionar tupac Amaru. 20th century. Terrorist organization in Peru. Sendero luminoso.
Evo Morales
Presidente de Bolivia de Origen indIgena. 2005
Che Guevara
Argentino. Participated in the cuban revolution, friend of Fidel Castro
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Writer/ poet. From Colombia. 20-21 century. Won Nobel prize of literature
ROmulo Gallegos
Venezuelan writer 20th century
La Gran Colombia
Republic of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador
Carlos RaUl Villanueva
Venezuelan architect, work inspired by the indigenous peoples’ palafitos
La OPEP
OrganizaciOn de paIses exportadores de petrOleo. Venezuela and Colombia?
Fernando botero
Writer and painter Colombian 20-21 century. Fat people paintings
Juanes
Colombian singer
Santo angel
One of the tallest waterfalls in the world. In Venezuela
Orinoco
River in Venezuela and Colombia
IguazU
Wide waterfall in Argentina
Juan and Eva PerOn
Argentina president twice. Eva died of cancer very young
El ParanA
River in Argentina
Las Malvinas
Falkland Islands. Argentina’s but England thinks they are theirs also
Christina Fernandez
President of Argentina right now
La Tierra de fuego
Ring of fire? The point at the bottom of South America where there are lots of volcanos
Olas de inmigraciOn
Spanish and Italian went to Uruguay 1855-1879 and Argentina 1860-1930
Pablo Neruda and Gabriel mistral
Chilean poets
Salvador Allende
President of chile elected in 1973
Agusto pinochet
Dictadura militar en chile 1973-1990
El atacama
Desert in chile
Isla de pascua
Chilean island?
El TLC
Tratado de libre comercio. Free trade agreement between chile and the US in 2003
Alfredo strossner
Dictadura militar en Paraguay 1954-1989
Los guaranies
Grupo indIgena en Paraguay antes de 1535
La ItaipU
Represa en Paraguay
Alejandro Toledo
Presidente de asendencia indIgena de Peru. De una familia muy pobre. Presidente due su primer position politico 2001. Helped them out of the huge economic crisis
Ollanta humala
Segundo presidente de asendencia indIgena en Peru
Caracas
Capital of Venezuela
BOgota
Capital of Colombia
Quito
Capital if Ecuador
Lima
Capital if Peru. Founded by Francisco Pizarra in 1535
Santiago
Capital of chile
Buenos aires
Capital of Argentina
La Paz
Capital of Bolivia
Asuncion
Capital of Paraguay
Montevideo
Capital of Uruguay
Bernardo Alberto Houssay and Cesar Milletin
Argentina. Nobel prize of medicine.
Rodolfo Gambini
Uruguay. Premio de la academia de ciencias del tercer mundo en fIsica