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| largestmexican oil company |
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| written language of the mayan indians |
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| "father of mexican independence" |
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| group that makes up most of guatemala's population |
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| first country to gain independence iin west idies/ caribbean |
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| most areas of latin america were controlled by european countries from 1500s to 1800s |
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gained independence from spain in 1898
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cut off trade with Us in 60s because castro took over US owned businesses |
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| when many people move from rural areas to urban areas in search of jobs, education, housing, etc. |
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fought between mexico and US treaty of guadalupe hidalgo ended war in 1848 war was fought to protect US interests in cuba and puerto rico |
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| Mexican controlled oil company |
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| the primary industry in guatemala |
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| aztec city on lake texacoco where eagle was found with serpant in mouth perching on cactus |
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| conquered aztec civilization for spain in 1521 |
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| floating island gardens used by the aztecs |
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| climate of most of the latin america region |
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| exchange of goods between latin america and europe |
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| a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river |
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| country that controlled most of south america in 1500s |
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| primary crop grown through 1800s |
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| mexican who won the nobell peace prize for literature |
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| president of mexico who brought reform to thecounrty in 1858 |
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| land area in peru with most cities |
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| first president of modern mexico that was not part of Instituional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
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| approximately the size of the continental US it is being threatened by deforestation |
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| president carlos salinas de gortari |
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| president of mexico thatprivatized farming |
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| current president of mexico |
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| why was city brasilia created |
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| atlantic coasts was overcrowding so they were encouraging more peopl to move away from the atlantic coast |
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| last inca king before spain took over |
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| people living in latin america but were born in spain. most powerful group living in new spain (latin america) |
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| descendants of the Inca indians living in peru |
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| peru is supplier of these two important minerals |
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| three ethnic groups in mexico |
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| guatemala leader who redistributed land to farmers |
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| aqncient inca city with many Inca Indians living in Peru |
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| main crop in west indies from 1600s to 1800s |
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| main crop in west indies from 1600s to 1800s was sugar |
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| what most south american countries have as their government |
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| two primary transportation barriers |
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| andes mountains and amazon rain forest |
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| country that brought more african slaves to south america than anyone else |
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| large farms in latin america that were broken up around 1920 and given to local farmers |
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| majority of guatemala's people are descendents of.. |
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| the three land forms in peru |
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| desert, mountains, rainforests |
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