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Social Science 165
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Undergraduate 1
03/17/2013

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Land-Bridge
Definition
Strip of land connecting two continents.
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Ciudades Perdidas
Definition
A ring of more than 500 slums, containing 1/3 of the metropolitan area’s population.
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Maquiladoras

Definition

Factories that assemble imported raw materials into finished industrial products.

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Panama Canal

Definition
Opened in 1914, U.S. controlled it until 1999
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"Dirty War"

Definition
Dissidents were kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and their children sold in Argentina
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Insurgent Groups

Definition

Strong rebel groups.

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Perforated

Definition

A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state (South Africa surrounds Lesotho)

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Treaty of tordesillas

Definition

Agreement between Portugal and spain that lands West of the 46 Longtitude belong to Spain, and East

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Apartheid

Definition

Racial segregation (like South Africa).

 
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