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Latin America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pampas | Vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina |
| Why do people sometimes support dictators? | The dictators promise to restore stability |
| Augusto Pinochet | President of Chile between 1973 and 1990, ruling as a dictator after overthrowing president Allende in a coup |
| Social Darwinism | Belief that “superior” races/groups have a right to control “weaker” populations |
| Patriarchal | Society were men hold the greatest legal and moral authority |
| Herman Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador known for conquering Peru's Inca Empire and founding the city of Lima in 1535 |
| Aztecs | Extensive road system, government bureaucracy, engineering, decimal system, state-controlled economy |
| Incas | City planning, engineering, streets, temples, government buildings, calendar |
| Diseases brought from Spain to Latin America | Small pox, measles, mumps, typhus, syphilis, plague, chicken pox, cholera, malaria |
| What famous Incan city’s ruins are located on top of a mountain in the Andes? | Machu Picchu |
| Why did Spain bring African slaves to the Americas? | Labor, and sugar cane fields |
| Monroe Doctrine | U.S. policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe in 1823 |
| Mercantilism | "Mother countries” extracting raw materials/natural resources from their colonies in other countries |
| Columbian Exchange | Biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds, of plants, animals, diseases and technology |
| Things Exported from the New World | Turkeys, pumpkin, squash, and tobacco |
| Things Exported from the Old World | Chickens, cows, bananas, coffee, and disease |
| Social Classes in Spanish Colonial Period | Peninsulares, Creoles, Mulattoes, and African Americans |
| American Revolution | (1775-1783) |
| French Revolution | (1789 – 1799) |
| Who was the nationalist/independence leader who had a vision to create “Gran Colombia | Simón Bolívar |
| Economic Imperialism | One country having economic control over another country |
| Fidel Castro | Revolutionary socialist who took control of Cuba |
| After living under dictatorships many countries in Latin America turned to | Democracy |
| Geographic features that caused Latin America to remain isolated for many years | Andes Mountains, and rain forest |
| Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 | The Pope declared that Portugal and Spain would divide the territory in the newly ‘discovered’ Americas |
| Encomienda System | Spanish landlords received large parcels of land natives who lived on this land were forced to work for them |
| Rebellions that inspired Latin America for freedom | French Revolution, American Revolution |
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