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Cause and Effect: History, Culture, Government and Economics

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Montezuma   The last emperor of the Aztec Empire. He thought Cortes was a "god of wisdom." This trust led to Montezuma's downfall.  
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Atahualpa   The last emperor of the Inca Empire. He was executed by Pizarro and his men.  
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Aztec Empire   Located in Mexico, the civilization existed from 1300s-1500s. The capital was Tenochtitlan. The government was oligarchy and economy was command. Aztec were polytheistic and practiced human sacrifice. Achievements: education, red, chocolate and popcorn.  
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Inca Empire   Located by Andes Mountains, the civilization existed from 1200s-1500s. Capital was Cusco, Peru. The government was Autocracy and economy was command. Emperor descendent of sun god. Incas were polytheistic. Achievements: medicine and complex road system.  
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Hernan Cortes   Conquistador who conquered Aztec Empire in 1521.  
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Francisco Pizarro   Conquistador who conquered Inca Empire in 1553.  
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Toussaint L'Ouverture   Led the first successful rebellion of enslaved people and liberated Haiti.  
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Simon Bolivar   The "George Washington" of Latin America. He helped liberate Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru.  
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Miguel Hidalgo   The priest who rang the bell for Mexican Independence on September 16th, 1810. Spanish Inquisition executed him in 1811.  
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Fidel Castro   Staged a coup d'etat in Cuba in 1959. Was dictator of Cuba from 1959-2006 (for a long time).  
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Polytheistic   The belief in more than one god.  
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Conquistador   From Spain, an explorer of the New World who wants to conquer land.  
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Middle Passage   The voyage of enslaved people from Africa to Americas. Very terrible conditions.  
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Columbian Exchange   The exchange of peoples, diseases, resources, and animals between the Old World (Europe) and New World (Americas).  
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Spanish Mission System   Priests lived in churches, former encomenderos lived in haciendas, and Native Americans lived in pueblos. In this system, Native Americans worked for no pay in difficult conditions and were converted to Catholicism.  
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Zapatista   In 1994, guerrilla fighters who were working for better conditions for the Indiginas people of Chiapas, Mexico.  
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Coup d'etat   The overthrow of the government  
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Federation   A country with a strong national government that shares power with smaller state governments.  
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Confederation   A government made up of individually governed states. The national government has little power.  
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Unitary   A country where a single national government has all the power.  
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Dictatorship   The power is concentrated in the hands of one leader.  
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Republic   People elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.  
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Market Economy   No government interference or regulations in the economy. Private business.  
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Command Economy   The government controls ALL aspects of the economy.  
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Mixed Economy   A combination of mixed and command economy. There are some government regulations and also private business and free trade.  
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Communism   A type of economy when all property and resources are distributed equally to all people. Usually accompanied by a dictatorship type government. No private businesses.  
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Natural Resources   A material that brings wealth to a country that can be found naturally (ex: water, timber, oil)  
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Renewable Resources   Natural resources that can be replaced by nature (ex: trees, water)  
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Nonrenewable Resources   Natural resources that cannot be replaced by nature (ex: oil, coal)  
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Human Capital   The value of people's education, experience, and work  
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Capital Goods   Any goods or equipment used by a business to produce other goods.  
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Entrepreneur   A person who takes risk and possible reward of organizing and operating a new business.  
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   A way to measure a country's economy. The total value (worth) of the goods and services produced by the residents of a country during a year.  
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Trade deficit   When the total value of a country's imports are higher than the total value of its exports  
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Trade surplus   When the total value of a country's exports are higher than the total value of its imports.  
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NAFTA   North American Free Trade Agreement- An arrangement signed in 1993 that allows free trade among the U.S, Canada and Mexico  
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Embargo   A ban on trade with a country for political reasons  
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Tariff   A tax on imports or goods coming into a country.  
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Quota   Limit on the number of goods that can be imported from a certain country.  
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Ethnic group   Determined by factors someone is born into- ethnicity, geography, language, and culture.  
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Cultural diffusion   When people move from one place to another, they bring their language and traditions with them.  
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Mulattos   People of mixed African and European ancestry in Latin America.  
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