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Test One
Vocabulary and Important Dates
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
05/12/2008
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Cards

Term

 

 

1492

 Definition

 

 

Cristóbal Colón llego a América.

 

Christopher Columbus arrieved in America.
Term

 

 

1519-1521

 Definition

 

La conquista del Imperio azteca por Hernán Cortés

 

Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec emporor.
Term

 

 

1531-1533

 Definition

 

La conquista del Imperio inca por Francisisco Pizarro.

 

Fransiciso Pizarro conquorors the Incan Emporor.
Term

 

 

1808-1826

 Definition

 

Guerras de independencia de Espana.

 

Revolutionary wars throughout the hispanic world for independence from Spain.
Term

 

 

 

1898

 Definition

 

Guerra Hispano-Americana

Puerto Rico se convirtio en terrirotio de los EEUU

 

Wars in the Americas

Puerto Rico becomes an American territory.
Term

 

 

1910-1917

 Definition

 

La Revolucion mexicana

 

The Mexican revolution
Term

 

 

1914

 Definition

 

Fin de la constuccion del Canal de Panama

 

Construction on the Panamal canal is completed.
Term

 

 

1936-1939

 Definition

 

Gurra Civil espanola; Dictadura bajo el General Francisco Franco

 

Spanish civil war; Franco comes to power.
Term

 

 

 

1952

 Definition

 

Puerto Rico se hizo Estado Libre Asociado de los EEUU

 
Term

 

 

1959

 Definition

 

 

Fidel Castro subio al poder en Cuba

 
Term

 

 

1973

 Definition

 

 

El presidente de Chile, Salvador Allende, fue asesinado; empezo la dicuadura de Augusto Pinochet.
Term

 

 

 

1979-1988

 Definition

 

 

 

Revolucion sadinista en Nicaragua.
Term

 

 

 

1979-1991

 Definition

 

 

Guerra civil en El Salvador
Term

 

 

 

1985

 Definition

 

 

 

Terremoto en Mexico; murieron mas de ocho mil personas
Term

 

 

 

 

 Definition
Term

 

 

 

1992

 Definition

 

 

 

Rigoberta Menchu, activista indigena guatemalteca, gano el premio Nobel de la Paz
Term

 

 

 

1994

 Definition

 

 

 

Mexico entre TLCAN (NAFTA)

Term

 

 

 

1999

 Definition

 

 

El huracan Mitch causo destruccion y muerte en Honduras, Nicaragua, y Guatemala
Term

 

 

 

2002

 Definition

 

 

 

La Argentina paso por una seria crisis economica con graves consecuencias en todas los sectores del pias.
Term

 

 

 

2004

 Definition

 

 

 

Ataques terroristas en los trenes de Madrid, Espana
Term

 

 

 

Celebrar

 Definition

 

 

 

to celebrate
Term

 

 

 

colonizar (-> "C")

 Definition

 

 

 

to colonize
Term

 

 

 

conquistar

 Definition

 

 

 

 

to conquer
Term

 

 

 

Descubrir

 Definition

 

 

 

to discover
Term

 

 

 

Establecer (->zc)

 Definition

 

 

 

to establish
Term

 

 

 

Explorar

 Definition

 

 

 

to explore
Term

 

 

 

Invadir

 Definition

 

 

 

to invade
Term

 

 

 

la conquista

 Definition

 

 

 

Conquest
Term

 

 

 

la depresion economica

 Definition

 

 

economic depression
Term

 

 

 

 

El descubrimiento

 Definition

 

 

 

discovery
Term

 

 

 

El encuentro

 Definition

 

 

 

Encounter; meeting
Term

 

 

 

La Exploracion

 Definition

 

 

 

exploration
Term

 

 

 

La fundacion

 Definition

 

 

 

founding (as in a colony)
Term

 

 

 

La guerra

 Definition

 

 

 

War
Term

 

 

 

La independencia

 Definition

 

 

 

 

Independence
Term

 

 

 

El Inmigrante

 Definition

 

 

 

immigrant
Term

 

 

 

La invasion

 Definition

 

 

 

invasion
Term

 

 

 

la llegada

 Definition

 

 

 

Arrival
Term

 

 

 

La migracion

 Definition

 

 

 

 

migration
Term

 

 

 

La Revolucion

 Definition

 

 

 

Revolution
Term

 

 

 

dificil

 Definition

 

 

 

 

difficult
Term

 

 

 

 

emocionante

 Definition

 

 

 

 

emotional
Term

 

 

 

 

estable

 Definition

 

 

 

stable
Term

 

 

 

feliz

 Definition

 

 

 

happy
Term

 

 

 

oscuro

 Definition

 

 

 

dark; scary
Term

 

 

 

pacifico

 Definition

 

 

 

calm; peaceful
Term

 

 

 

tumultuoso

 Definition

 

 

 

tumultuous; unstable
Term

 

 

 

 

La graduacion

 Definition

 

 

 

graduation
Term

 

 

 

graduarse

(me graduo)

 Definition

 

 

to graduate

 I graduate
Term

 

 

 

La Boda

 Definition

 

 

 

Wedding
Term

 

 

 

El Novio

La Novia

 Definition

 

 

 

 

Groom and Bride
Term

 

 

 

 

casarse

cosarse con

 Definition

 

 

 

to marry

to marry __this person__
Term

 

 

 

El nacimiento

 Definition

 

 

 

Birth
Term

 

 

 

Nacer

 Definition

 

 

 

to give birth
Term

 

 

 

La Recien nacida

 Definition

 

 

 

A baby girl
Term

 

 

 

 

La Mudanza

mudarse

 Definition

 

 

 

The act of moving to another home

to move
Term

 

 

divertirse

 Definition

 

 

to have fun
Term

 

 

 

divorciarse

 Definition

 

 

 

to get divorced
Term

 

 

 

fracasar

 Definition

 

 

 

to fail
Term

 

 

 

 

morir

 Definition

 

 

 

to die
Term

 

 

 

tener exito

 Definition

 

 

 

to succeed; be successful
Term

 

 

 

el divorcio

 Definition

 

 

 

divorce
Term

 

 

 

el exito

 Definition

 

 

 

success
Term

 

 

 

el fracaso

 Definition

 

 

 

failure
Term

 

 

 

el matrimonio

 Definition

 

 

 

marriage
Term

 

 

 

 

el muerte

 Definition

 

 

 

 

death
Term

 

 

 

la decada

 Definition

 

 

 

 

decade
Term

 

 

 

el desastre natural

 Definition

 

 

 

natural disaster
Term

 

 

 

la fecha

 Definition

 

 

 

date
Term

 

 

 

la inundacion

 Definition

 

 

 

flood
Term

 

 

 

ansioso

 Definition

 

 

 

anxious
Term

 

 

 

contento

 Definition

 

 

 

happy
Term

 

 

 

deprimido

 Definition

 

 

 

depressed
Term

 

 

 

enojado

 Definition

 

 

 

angry
Term

 

 

 

orgulloso

 Definition

 

 

 

proud
Term

 

 

 

 

triste

 Definition

 

 

 

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