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| The ruling class who were born in Spain |
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| Often wealthy and powerful |
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| Of Spanish and Native American ancestry |
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| They have musical traditions. |
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| They made up the bottom layer of society. encomienda taxes |
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| horses, cattle, sheep and pigs |
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| Four types of animals brought to Mexico by the Spanish |
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| ironsmithing, shipbuilding |
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| Two trades brought to Mexico by the Spanish |
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| He built a small army of Native Americans and Mestizos that marched with him to Mexico City, to promote the cause of Independence for Mexico |
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| Spain was conquered by France |
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| What event occurred in 1808 and caused a surge in demand for Mexico to declare its independence from Spain? |
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| In 1810, 66.9% of the Mexican population was made up of what ethnic group? |
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| In 1810, there were more criollos than peninuslares |
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| Were there more peninsulares or criollos in Mexico in 1810? |
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| Floating gardens on which the Aztecs grew crops |
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| A system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders |
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| The exchange of goods between Europe and its colonies in North and South America |
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| A person born in Mexico whose parents were born in Spain |
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| The process of cutting and clearing away trees from a forest |
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| a newly industrialized nation |
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| to conduct business activities in a variety of industries |
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| a system that the rulers of Spain established in Mexico, under which Spanish men received a Native American village to oversee and gain tribute from |
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| In Spanish speaking countries, the term for a big farm or ranch |
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| a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry |
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| a fee imposed by a government on imported or exported goods |
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| a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement, which reduced trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico |
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| a large water pipe or conduit for brining water from a distant source |
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| a roof-like projection formed by trees for a cover |
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| any of the 16th-century conquerors of Mexico and Peru |
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| the statistical study of human population |
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| an enclosed part of a canal |
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| When Spain controlled Latin America, many Natives were forced to do what? |
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| The Columbian Exchange was mainly an exchange of what? |
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| Aqueducts, Chinampas, Causeways |
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| What were three key engineering achievements of the Aztecs? |
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| Name the 3 Ancient Cultures of Latin America |
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| Of the Mayans, Aztecs and Incas, which group was around the earliest? |
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| Of the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas, which two groups were around into the 16th century(1500s) ? |
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| Near which physical feature of South American would you find most of its silver? |
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| Which area of Mexico is almost entirely at sea level? |
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| The capital city of Mexico is at 6,600 feet above sea level! What is it called? |
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| Hunting and Gathering (Subsistence Farming) |
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| What is the most common economic activity within the Amazon basin? |
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| What is the most common economic activity in southern South America? |
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| What process increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, contributes to global warming, leads more animals and plants to become extinct, and squeezes native tribes off their land? |
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| This body of water has over 1,000 tributaries |
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| By volume, what is the largest river in the world? |
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| What is made up of South American countries Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and parts of Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay |
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| What falls in the middle of the Tropical Zone? |
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| What are the only two landlocked countries in Latin America? Landlocked means they are surrounded on all sides by land, and therefore have no coastline at all. |
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| What do you call a region that is defined by a cultural connection as opposed to a geographical or political one? |
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| What cultural characteristic unites the nations in Latin America? |
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| The Panama Canal has 3 sets of these, which together raise and lower vessels between sea level and 85 feet above sea level. |
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| The West Indies, also known as the Caribbean Islands |
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| What geographical group includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles? |
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| What is the largest country in Latin America? |
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| What country's capital is Lima? |
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| What is the capital of Argentina? |
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| What is the only South American country that borders Central America? |
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| What is the northernmost country in Latin America? |
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| Which country's capital is Caracas? |
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| Only two South American countries do not border Brazil. What are they? |
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| What is the capital of Mexico? |
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| What is the capital of Brazil? |
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| Which ocean borders Latin America to the west? |
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| The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
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| What two bodies of water does the Panama Canal connect? |
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| The Greater and Lesser Antilles |
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| The West Indies or Caribbean Islands are made up of what two smaller island groups? |
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| What land formation runs down most of the western part of Latin America? |
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| Into what body of water does the Yucatan Peninsula extend? |
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| The basin of what river covers most of the northern part of South America? |
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| Into what body of water does the Orinoco River flow? The Atlantic, Pacific, or Gulf Of Mexico? |
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| Into what body of water does the Amazon River flow? The Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf of Mexico? |
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| What small island group is located on the Equator and off the west coast of South America? |
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| What country shares an island with the Dominican Republic? |
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| What island nation lies south of Cuba? |
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| What is the capital of Cuba? |
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| What is the capital of Nicaragua? |
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| What is the capital of Haiti? |
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| What two countries in Central America do NOT have a coastline on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea? |
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| What island is east of the Dominican Republic? |
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| In which two countries is the Atacama Desert? |
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| The majority of the Amazon River Basin is found in which country? |
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| The Patagonia and Pampas regions are located in which South American country? |
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| What is the term for the warm water current cause by lack of trade winds, which often causes heavy rains and flooding in Latin America? |
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| Volcanoes and Earthquakes |
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| What two types of natural disasters occur frequently in Latin America? |
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| Volcanic eruptions and the gradual growth of coral reefs |
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| What are two ways that Caribbean Islands formed? |
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| The problem is triggered by increased air pressure that causes trade winds to lessen |
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| What causes current flowing into the Americas to become warmer, which makes the air warmer, and in turn causes heavy rain and flooding? |
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| What body of water starts in the Andes Mountains and ends at the Atlantic Ocean? |
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| What is the language of the Native people of the Amazon River Basin? |
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| What strange place in the Amazon River Basin ranges from 5 to 50 feet deep? |
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| What is the most feared fish in the Amazon, because of its razor-sharp teeth? |
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| What two types of Amazon River animals are commonly found in salt water? |
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| There are over 900 species of this type of animal living in the Amazon Rainforest |
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| The Amazon Rainforest gets up to 100 inches of rain during the rainy season, which lasts from when to when each year? |
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| Strangely enough, due to the flooding, during the wet season, most fish in the Amazon River feed on what? |
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| What is being destroyed at a rate of 20 football fields per minute? |
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| Mayan writing system based upon symbols |
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| An Inca city 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains, the most remarkable example of Inca stonework |
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| Spanish soldier who captured the Aztec ruler, Montezume, in 1519, and claimed the Aztec Empire for Spain in 1521 and renamed it New Spain |
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| Aztec ruler who was captured by the Spanish soldier Hernan Cortes in 1519 |
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| Spanish soldier who defeated the Inca ruler Atahualpa and claimed Atahualpa's empire for Spain a decade after Cortes defeated Montezuma |
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| Inca ruler who was defeated by the Spanish soldier Francisco Pizarro |
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| The exchange of goods and ideas between European countries and their colonies in North and South America |
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| What religion did the Spanish try to convert the Native Americans to? |
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