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Latin America
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10th Grade
04/06/2009

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Term
What "fueled the fires" of the revolutions in Latin America?
Definition
American Revolution, French Revolution, and the Age of Enlightenment
Term
What was the highest social class, or the social class that was born in Europe?
Definition
Peninsulares
Term
What was the social class called that consisted of Europeans that were born in the new world (the revolutionary leaders)?
Definition
Creoles
Term
What was the name of the social class that consisted of one European parent and one native parent?
Definition
Mestizo
Term
What was the name of the social class that consisted of slaves?
Definition
Mulatto
Term
What was the lowest social class?
Definition
Indigenous People (Indians)
Term
Who were the first people to revolt (they revolted against the French in 1791)? Who lead this revolt?
Definition
Haiti
Toussaint L'ouverture
Term
What does Coup D''etat mean?
Definition
Change of government
Term
Who is the George Washington of Latin America (the great liberator of the north part of South America)? Where was he from?
Definition
Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
Term
Who, besides Simon Bolivar, wanted to lead his people against Europe?
Definition
Jose de San Martin
Term
Who armed the Natives to try to take over the government in 1810?
Definition
Father Hidalgo
Term
Who repeated what Father Hidalgo did trying to take over the government?
Definition
Father Morelas
Term
In what year did Mexico win their independence?
Definition
1821
Term
What year did Santa Anna become the dictator of Mexico?
Definition
1834
Term
Who was the liberal reformer of Mexico?
Definition
Benito Juarez
Term
Which dictator had the longest rule in Mexico?
Definition
Porfirio Diaz
Term
In what year was Diaz overthrown?
Definition
1911
Term
Who became the dictator of Argentina in 1943? What was his wife's name?
Definition
Juan Peron
Evita
Term
In the year of 1982, what islands was
Argentina fighting over with the British?
Definition
Falkland Islands
Term
In 1958, who does Fidel Castro overthrow in order to become dictator of Cuba?
Definition
Batista
Term
Who planned the Bay of Pigs? Who executed it?
Definition
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Term
Who was trying to spread Communism throughout Latin America?
Definition
Che Guevara
Term
Who was the first elected socialist of Chile?
Definition
Salvador Allende
Term
Who was the ruthless dictator who took over Chile who had the support of the US?
Definition
Pinochet
Term
Who was the Constitutional Monarch of Brazil in 1821?
Definition
King Dom Pedro
Term
What resources were the major one crop economies of Brazil?
Definition
Sugar and Coffee
Term
What is the term that is defined as the development of the Amazon? What term is used for this?
Definition
Deforestation
"Slash and Burn Agriculture"
Term
Which family, that could be called a dynasty, ruled Nicaragua until the 1960s?
Definition
Samoza
Term
What group wanted to get rid of the Samozas?
Definition
Sandanistas
Term
What group wanted to get rid of the Sandanistas?
Definition
Contras
Term
Who was the candidate that beat the Sandanistas in an election?
Definition
Ortega
Term
What are the two major immigration policies in the US?
Definition
Amnosty- a group pardoned
Employer Sanction- fine for hiring illegal immigrants knowingly
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