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Latin America
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Social Studies
9th Grade
10/15/2011

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Creoles

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controlled land & business in Latin America – they were the descendents of Europeans born in Latin America
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Mestizos

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largest group in Latin America; worked as servants or laborers
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Miguel Hidalgo

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hero of Mexican independence who helped Mexico free itself from Spanish rule
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James Monroe

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U.S. President that signed the Monroe Doctrine

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Santa Anna

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Ruled Mexico; fought against American settlers in Texas
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Caudillos

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leaders who ruled by military force & were supported by the landed elites
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Fidel Castro

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dictator in Cuba since 1959

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spaniard who brought horses, steel weapons & gunpowder to the Incans
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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador; Aztecs thought he was Quetzalcoatl…but he eventually conquered them
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Montezuma

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monarch of Aztecs; opened empire to the Spaniards

 

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Itzamna

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supreme god of the Mayans
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Tenochtitlan

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capital city of the Aztecs (now known as Mexico City)

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Quipu

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knotted strings used to record feelings – since there was no written language

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Quetzalcoatl

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feathered serpent god
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Multinational corporations

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co. with divisions in more than 2 countries; made economic independence difficult in the region
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Contras & Sandhinistas

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opponents in Nicaragua that waged war in the late 1980’s

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Bay of Pigs

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failed invasion by U.S. forces to overthrow the Cuban government in 1961
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Refugees

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individuals who flee a country to seek asylum (refuge) in another country
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NAFTA

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trade agreement between Mexico, Canada & the U.S
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Monroe Doctrine

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document that warned against European intervention in the Americas
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Good Neighbor Policy

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rejected the use of U.S. military force in Latin America
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