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| Define: slash-and-burn agriculture |
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| burned vegetation to farm rainforest environment |
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| What was the "classic age" in MAYAN civilization? |
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| The cities of Tikal and Copan were built |
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| What was the Mayan territory made up of? (that would be on a political map) |
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| What linked Mayans together? |
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| What was the Mayan belief in relation to their king? |
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| he communicated with the gods |
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| A heavy ball is thrown through stone rings with elbows, knees, hips |
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| Did the Mayans believe in human sacrifice? |
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Which civilization's decline is a mystery?
What are some theories? |
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Mayas
-overuse of resouces
-drought
-warfare
-abuse of power |
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| What was the social order of the Mayas? |
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priests/warriors
THEN
merchants/skilled craftsmen
THEN
farmers, slaves |
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-365 day calendar
-260 day calendar
-among first civilizations to invent zero
-Glyphs (Writing system)
-Codex (record book) |
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| Who were the first Aztecs? |
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-unlucky farmers looking for a home
-Likely subjects of Toltecs |
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| What is the symbol that told the Aztecs to set up a civilization? |
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| An eagle on a cactus eating a snake |
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| floating gardens in Aztec civilization |
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| Which civilization used goose quills filled with gold as money? |
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| Which civilization's children attended school until they were 15? |
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-260 day calendar
-365 day calendar
-Less advanced glyphs |
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| Which civilization had no merchants? |
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| colored knotted cords used to track movement of goods (Inca) |
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| equivalent of an Inca commune which had a chief that reported to a higher gov't official |
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| Which god was the most important to the Incas? |
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| Which civilization rarely sacrificed humans? |
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-Argentinian dictator
-Gained power in 1923 with a military coux
-got support of people from Eva (/Evita)
-remarried, wife takes over when Juan dies, is overthrown by military coux |
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| Name some of Juan Peron's reforms |
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-minimum wage
-8 hr workday
-paid vacation
-built schools/hospitals/orphanages |
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NAME THAT LADY
Ev(it)a Peron |
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-Connection to working Argentinian people
-convinced Juan to make reforms that he did
-died at 33 of cancer
-championed woman's rights |
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| Between ___and ____,000 people were taken in the Dirty War |
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| What economic issues did Argentina run into? |
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-they reformed they economy in the 70s, but
-fell into recession in 2002
-couldn't pay back debt
-currency devalued
-banks failed
-unemployment reached 20%
-stabilized in 2003
-1/3 still lives in poverty |
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| Who promised "Fifty years of progress in five"? |
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| What happened when Brazil's president bankrupted the economy? |
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| Define: Brazilian miracle |
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-fastest growing economy at the time
-froze wages
-freedoms taken (death squads) |
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| What happened to the Brazilian economy in the 70s? |
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-Hyperinflation (2500%)
-change in oil prices
-then, inflation fell to 7%, returned to democracy |
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NAME THAT MAN
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva |
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-2002 leftist president
-social reformer
-busineess man
-sugar has helped Brazil grow |
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NAME THAT MAN
Salvador Allende |
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Chilean 70s leftist president
-nationalized foreign companies, focused on education, healthcare
-Failed
-Alienated business owners and US government
-CIA funded couxs to overthrow Allende |
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BAD
-Disbanded congress
-suspends constitution
-gets rid of other political parties
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-capitalism
-exports grew |
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NAME THAT MAN:
Manuel Noriega |
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-Panaman dictator
-Used Panama as drug base
-issue with Panama canal |
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What is the Maoist guerilla group that terrorized the countryside with their violence and cocaine smuggling?
What country are they from? |
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NAME THAT MAN
Alberto Fujimori |
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Peruvian dictator who became such to stop the Shining Path and improve the economy
-was successful, resigned in 2000 |
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| Nicaraguan terrorist group |
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| US backed campaign against Sandinistas |
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NAME THAT LADY
VIOLETA CHAMPRRP |
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-former Sandanista (Nicaragua)
-First female president of South America |
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For more than 70 years, the ____ ruled mexico
Mexico's ______ boosted their economies until the (government)economic policies _____ and this resulted in |
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Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
rich oil reserves
allowed the industry to become dominated by foreign countries
foreign debt grew, poverty remained |
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-Immense corruption w/in PRI
-world oil prices fell
-NAFTA
-major earthquake in 85 |
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NAME THAT MAN:
Vincente Fox |
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Mexican president, 2000-6
-created gov't that was fixing PRI problems, stabilizing exonomy
-had to improve relationship between US/Mexico |
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NAME THAT MAN
Felipe Calderon |
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Current Mexican president
-main focus: immigration reform, drug cartels |
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NAME THAT MAN:
EVO MORALES |
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Bolivian left-leaning leader
-nationalized gas industry
-supported farmers growing coca leaves |
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