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Cultural Studies Chapter 20+21
Latin America
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10th Grade
11/07/2010

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pampas
Definition
grassy plains that stretch from Argentina to Uruguay
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regionalism
Definition
strong local traditions that divide people within one country or region
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tierra caliente
Definition
hot land in Spanish. Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the Amazon Basin are examples of these. here, bananas and sugar cane grow well.
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tierra templada
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temperate land in Spanish. lands above 3,000 ft. includes the Central Plateau and the valleys of the Andes. coffee and tobacco grow well here.
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tierra fria
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means cold land in Spanish. includes highlands that are at least 6,000 ft, above sea level. Both nighttime and daytime temperatures are cool. Includes Mexico City and Bogota. grows wheat, barley, and potatoes there.
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mestizos
Definition
people of mixed European and Native American ancestry
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viceroy
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is an official that rules in place of a king. the King of Spain had two of these when he ruled his empire from Mexico to Peru
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cabildos
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are councils made up of weathly landowners that lived in conquered towns. Theses hunted runaway slaves and set prices.
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mercantilism
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the theory that a contry's economic strength depended on increasing it's exports and keeping imports at a similar leve.
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haciendas
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were large plantations in Latin America that were owned by the Spanish. This was the best farmland, which left the Latin Americans with the other poorer farmland.
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donatario
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landowners that owned a region of Portugaul. they were the lord of the area.
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