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chapter 10 vocabulary
unit 3 latin america
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/15/2013

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spanish conquest
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the conquering of the navite americans by the spanish
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tenochtitlan
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the ancient aztec capital, site of mexico city today
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institutional revolutionary party
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the political party introduced in 1929 in mexico
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mestizo
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population people mixed and spanish and navite american heritage
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maquiladoras
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factory in mexico that assembled imported materials into finished goods for imports
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NAFTA
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mportant trade agreement creating a huge zone of cooperation on trade economic issues in north america
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cultural health
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the heartland or place of orgin of a major culture
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united provinces of central america
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the name of central america after the region declared independence from mexico in 1823
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panama canal
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a ship canal cut through panama connecting the carribean sea with the pacific ocean
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calypso
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a style of music that began in trinadad and combiines musical elemens of africa, spain, and the caribbean
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reggae
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style of music that developed in jamaca
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informal economy
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place outside offical channels
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inca
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a member of quechua people of south america
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mercosur
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an economic market that began operating in the southern cone of south america in 1995
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treaty of tordesillas
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a treaty between spain and portugualin 1494
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carnival
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most colorfulfeast day in brazil
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samba
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brazilian dance with african influence
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capoeira
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martial art dance that develped in brazil from angolans who were taken by portaguese from africa
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