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| What created change for Latin American gov'ts in the late 20th century? How did this influence the economy? |
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-Revolutions, dictators --> socialist movements --> alienate foreign investors
(among other things) |
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| How are right/left wing leaders diff? |
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Right: preserve old social order, power of RCC, no freedom of speech/press
Left: Like land distribution, rapid change, religious tolerance, limit power of RCC, and over education |
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| Describe the govt's and economies that resulted from the wars of independence |
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| What was the purpose/result of the ecomiendas? |
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cheap labor to work the fields
-mass death, corruption, hostility |
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| What did the Mayans contribute to learning and science? |
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-365 day calendar
-among first civilizations to invent zero
-Glyphs (Writing system) |
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| What type of region is Latin America? |
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| What is the big divide between Sunnis/Shiites? |
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Sunni - caliph should be a devout Muslim
Shiite - caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad |
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| What are the two reasons many people converted to Islam in its early development |
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1) anyone can achieve salvation
2) Financial reasons |
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| Name the five pillars of Islam |
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1) Allah is your god
2) Pray to Mecca 5x daily
3) Zakat (charity)
4) Fast during Ramadan
5) All those able must make pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in lifetime |
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| Identify Islamic civilizations' contributions to math, medicine, and architecture |
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math - developed algebra, Arabic numerals
medicine - Ibn Sina discovered waterborne illnesses, recognized impacts of diet, climate, stress on health, discovered (generally) human blood flow
architecture - horseshoe arch, Dome of the Rock, Alhambra mosque, minarets |
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-majority middle easterners
-most practice Islam |
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| A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria |
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