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Latin America
Cultural Studies Midterm
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Sociology
10th Grade
01/18/2009

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social strata
Definition
penninsulares, creoles, mestizos, native americans, free blacks.
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conquistadores
Definition
spanish conquerors
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maroon colony
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escaped slaves
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liberal
Definition
limit poewr of church. decrease gap between rich and poor. RAPID reform.
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Allende
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Chile pres
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modernization
Definition
changes in a nation that enable it to set up a stable gov't and produce a hugh level of goods and services. EFFECTS: more exports.. too many exports?
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tenant farming
Definition
farmer who resnts land form a large alndowner and pays the owner either in cash or with a portion of the crop
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Kubitschek
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Brazil pres
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dirty war
Definition
brutal campaign by ARGENTIAN army against "enemies of state"
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Isabelle Peron
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leader of Argentina
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Miguel Hidalgo
Definition
priest and leader of Mexian rev
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
line of Demarcation spain vs portugal
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encomiendas
Definition
right to demand taxes or labor from native peoples in the spanish colonies
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Bolivar
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Juan Peron
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ARGENTINA. nationalized railroads, ruduced foreign control business, increased wages.>bankrupt>military power
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economic nationalism
Definition
pride and loyalty in ones economy
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NAFTA
Definition
north atlantic free trade agreement
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Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
no right to intervene
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coup d'etat
Definition
revolt, usually military
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machismo
Definition
male domination
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PRI
Definition
political party in mexico
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retablos
Definition
painting on wood
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economic imperialism
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control by one country economically
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Portuguse impact
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Cortes
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haciendas
Definition
large platation
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Napolean
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Eva Peron
Definition
helped poor, women's rights
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Castro
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Brazilian Miracle
Definition
reforms to revive economy led to an ecomonic boom (helped middle and upper class)
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Vargas
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ejidos
Definition
agricultural communties
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huipil
Definition
tunic worn in Guatemala
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pampas
Definition
grassy plains
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Spanish impact
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merchantillism
Definition
theory that a country's economic strength depended on increasing its gold supply by exporting more goods than imported
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slave system
Definition
all of the above
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Jose de San Martin
Definition
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Sandinistas
Definition
leftist group in NICARAGUA led by ortega; gained control of the gov't after overthrow of Somoza and introduced major land reform, took over businesses, and organized social programs to benefit the poor
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liberation theology
Definition
movement in the Roman Catholic Church that urges the Church to take a more active role in changing scoail conditions that contribute to poverty
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
no more colonization by europeans
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democracy
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inflation
Definition
ARGENTINA
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maquiladoras
Definition
foreign- owned industrial plant in MEXICO in which local workers assemble parts into finished goods
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Panama Canal
Definition
bought by US
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peon
Definition
Indians who were forced to work for large landowners in order to pay off a debt
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viceroy
Definition
official who rules in place of a king
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Columbia exchange
Definition
gloal exchange of people, goods, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
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conservative
Definition
church as power. freedom as a threat. slow reform
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Pinochet
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urbanization
Definition
growth of cities
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Cold War
Definition
after WWII a period of political and economic struggle between democracies and communisits
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debt
Definition
due to borrowed money
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padrinos
Definition
godfather
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Fox
Definition
break winning streak of PRI
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caudillos
Definition
seizes power and rules like a dictator
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l'Ouverture
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Haiti
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llaneros
Definition
cowboys
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