questions from the study guide for latin america content test
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| Cacao | tropical tree whose seeds are used to make chocolate and cocoa
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| Che Guevara | He helped the communist uprising in Cuba. He was a great leader but Castro eventually gained control.
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| Commonwealth | A self-governing territory
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| Creole | A blend of European, African, Carribean Indian languages (one of the official languages of Haiti)
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| El Nino | Weather phenomenon marked by very heavy rains in western South America (often causing flooding)
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| Favela | An overcrowded city slum in Brasil
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| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca
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| Hacienda | (spanish from estate) usually seen as plantations, mines, or even business factories
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| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec
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| Machu Piccu | Located in Peru. It was abandoned by the Inca and reclaimed by the forest. it is a 100 acre complex with temples, houses and irrigation systems and terraces for farming
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| Mercosur | the "Common Market of the South," is the largest trading bloc in South America
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| Mestizo | in Latin America, a person mixed Native American and European hertiage
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| Monothesitic | the belief of only one god
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| Montezuma | leader of the Aztec, the highest priest
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| Mulatto | A person with one white parent and one black parent
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| Polythestic | the belief of many gods
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| Simon Bolivar | liberated Latin America from Spanish control
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