Terminos Claves Flashcards

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La cordiellera de los Andes

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Andes mountain range in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia

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El rIo amazonas

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Big river in Peru

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Las incas (incaico/a)

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In Peru. Were conquered by the Spanish in 1533-1538. Indigenous group

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Machu Picchu

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Incan city in Peru

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TUpac Amaru II

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Directed the indigenous revolution in Peru 1780-1781

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MRTA

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Movimiento revolucionar tupac Amaru. 20th century. Terrorist organization in Peru. Sendero luminoso.

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Evo Morales

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Presidente de Bolivia de Origen indIgena. 2005

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Che Guevara

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Argentino. Participated in the cuban revolution, friend of Fidel Castro

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Writer/ poet. From Colombia. 20-21 century. Won Nobel prize of literature

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ROmulo Gallegos

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Venezuelan writer 20th century

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La Gran Colombia

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Republic of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador

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Carlos RaUl Villanueva

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Venezuelan architect, work inspired by the indigenous peoples’ palafitos

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La OPEP

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OrganizaciOn de paIses exportadores de petrOleo. Venezuela and Colombia?

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Fernando botero

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Writer and painter Colombian 20-21 century. Fat people paintings

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Juanes

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Colombian singer

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Santo angel

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One of the tallest waterfalls in the world. In Venezuela

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Orinoco

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River in Venezuela and Colombia

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IguazU

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Wide waterfall in Argentina

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Juan and Eva PerOn

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Argentina president twice. Eva died of cancer very young

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El ParanA

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River in Argentina

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Las Malvinas

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Falkland Islands. Argentina’s but England thinks they are theirs also

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Christina Fernandez

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President of Argentina right now

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La Tierra de fuego

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Ring of fire? The point at the bottom of South America where there are lots of volcanos

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Olas de inmigraciOn

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Spanish and Italian went to Uruguay 1855-1879 and Argentina 1860-1930

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Pablo Neruda and Gabriel mistral
Chilean poets
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Salvador Allende
President of chile elected in 1973
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Agusto pinochet
Dictadura militar en chile 1973-1990
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El atacama
Desert in chile
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Isla de pascua
Chilean island?
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El TLC
Tratado de libre comercio. Free trade agreement between chile and the US in 2003
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Alfredo strossner
Dictadura militar en Paraguay 1954-1989
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Los guaranies
Grupo indIgena en Paraguay antes de 1535
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La ItaipU
Represa en Paraguay
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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
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Ollanta humala
Segundo presidente de asendencia indIgena en Peru
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Caracas
Capital of Venezuela
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BOgota
Capital of Colombia
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Quito
Capital if Ecuador
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Lima
Capital if Peru. Founded by Francisco Pizarra in 1535
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Santiago
Capital of chile
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Buenos aires
Capital of Argentina
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La Paz
Capital of Bolivia
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Asuncion
Capital of Paraguay
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Montevideo
Capital of Uruguay
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Bernardo Alberto Houssay and Cesar Milletin
Argentina. Nobel prize of medicine.
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Rodolfo Gambini
Uruguay. Premio de la academia de ciencias del tercer mundo en fIsica