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Chapter 10 Vocabulary; Mexico
Vocabulary terms for 4 sections
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/28/2014

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Spanish conquest
Definition
1519 Cortes conquered the Aztecs
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Tenochtitlan
Definition
Aztec city
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Institutional Revolutionary Party
Definition
political party in Mexico 1929
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Mestizo
Definition
people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
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Maquiladoras
Definition
Factories in Mexico that assemble imported materials then export the product
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NAFTA
Definition
North American Free Trade Agreement; with Canada, United States, and Mexico
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Cultural Hearth
Definition
place that ideas spread from
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United Provinces of Central America
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Whole region declared its independence from Mexico; this is it's new name
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Panama Canal
Definition
canal that connects Atlantic to Pacific ocean
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Calypso
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Music that began in Trinidad
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Reggae
Definition
Developed in Jamacia in 1960s
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Informal economy
Definition
takes place outside official channels without benefits of protection for workers
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Inca
Definition
descendants of people who came across a landbridge from Siberia to Alaska
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Quechua
Definition
language of the Inca
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Mercosur
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economic common market that began operating in SOuth America in 1995
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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1494, Portugal got control of Brazil
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Carnival
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most colorful feast day in Brazil
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Sauba
Definition
Brazillian Dance with American influences
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Capoeira
Definition
Martial art and dance that developed in Brazil form African origins
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