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LATIN AMERICA REVIEW
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GEOGRAPHY Latin America = 4 Regions
MexicoCentral AmericaSouth AmericaCaribbean (a.k.a. West Indies)
Major FeaturesAndes Mountains-runs length of S.A.Amazon River (& surrounding Rain Forests)Yucatan PeninsulaGulf of MexicoCaribbean Ocean
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ANDES MOUNTAINS Home to
Ancient Inca civilization
Stretch 2,500 miles N to S
DIP: Divide, Isolate, Protect
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AMAZON RIVER/RAIN FOREST Largest River
basin/System in world
Home to many diverse tribes, animal species, and plant life
Deforestation big issue today
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YUCATAN PENINSULA Part of Mexico
Today Used to be home
to Ancient Maya
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THREE ANCIENT L.A. CIVILIZATIONS
Maya (200 BC-700 AD)
Aztec (1200-1521) Inca (1200-1533)
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MAYA (200 BC-700 AD) Located around Yucatan peninsula Polytheistic Sacrifice to gods Temple builders Used Glyphs: early writing/record
keeping system Created 2 inter-locking Calendars Math and Astronomy Mysteriously declined (famine, food
shortages, natural disasters, Spanish)
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AZTECS (1200 AD-1521 AD) Central Mexico Polytheistic Heavy Human Sacrifice Fierce warrior class Temple Builders Architecture & City Planning:
Tenochtitlan Two Calendar system Emperor Montezuma II Conquered by
Spanish Conquistador Cortez in 1521
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INCA (1200-1533) Andes Mountain Civilization Polytheistic Connected empire through extensive
roads and bridges, running massagers Emperor ruled from capital Cuzco Terrace farmers Defeated by Spanish conquistador
Pizarro in 1533.
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“THE ENCOUNTER” 1492- Italian
explorer Christopher Columbus “discovers” the Americas while trying to find a quicker water route to the East Indies.
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VOCABULARY Columbian Exchange- Global transfer
of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of America
Encomienda- land grants given to wealthy Spanish settlers
Peninsulare- Pure-blooded Spaniard living in the “new world”
Mercantilism- Process of using colonies as a source of raw materials and as a market for finished goods.
Gold, God, Glory- Reasons for Exploration
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FAMOUS LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE LEADERS
(EARLY 1800’S)
Toussaint L’Ouverture- Haiti Simon Bolivar- Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru Jose de San Martin- Argentina, Chile Miguel Hidalgo- Mexico Jose Maria Morelos- Mexico
All fought against European Colonial rulers (France & Spain); all inspired by American and French Revolutions (and Enlightenment ideas!)
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LATIN AMERICA DURING COLD WAR Cuban Missile Crisis- Soviets
install Missiles 90 miles from US in Cuba.
US & USSR reach agreement to avoid disaster
Cuba was a socialist (communist) ally to USSR.
Fidel Castro dictator of Cuba Height of Cold War tensions
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MODERN ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA Illegal Immigration Drug trade Single cash crop economies- not
diversified enough Deforestation (Amazon) Corrupt, unstable governments Difficulty transitioning from
dictatorships to democracies