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The Latin or Roman heritage can be seen as the core of the cultural entity. The physical core is from Mexico at the north southward across the continental mainland to southern most South America

• Greater Antilles-cuba, hispanoila,jamaica,puerto rico.
• Lesser Antilles- Hundreds of timy islands, islets, and coves primarily found alon the earstern rim of the caribbean.

Southwestern border region of the U.S. the caribbean realm- Belize, eastern most rimlands of Central America, Northern coastal plains of Guyana, suriname, and Guiana.

Brazil,peru,bolivia,columbia,ecuador,venezuela

East

It is an alluvial plain with deposits of soil particles and fine grained. They are found in Argentina, South East part of South America.

A series of geologically young and extremely active volcanoes. It is right in Latin America and causes them many natural disasters.

Land of Fire, which protrudes into the icy waters of Anartica.

In the Northern Altiplano. Inca thought it was the center of the universe. South America's largest fresh water lake.

Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, peru, ecuador, columbia, venezuela.

Hunters and gatherers, low material, and social achievement, very advanced

Low population densities, modest levels of indigenious social organization and material achievement.

There was overcrowding, trauma,appalling sanitation, disease, and contaminated food and water. Many died.

• Passive resistance-poetry and song
• Violence and attempted escape.

Mestizos-European and American Indian decent, Mulattos-White and Black mixed, Zambos- Black and Indian mixed

The richer people call the poorer people tu, while the poorer people are still expected to answer with Ud. Ud. is more formal while tu is friendlier. it's a way that the rich can look down on the poor.

Chasing and conquering women

men with self confidence, risk taker, incontrol of himself and others, gambling, bragger, heavy drinker

From mother mary who is the mother/virgin model that women need to follow.

Networking, having connections, and a sphere of influence over others, certain phrases associated with this.

The rich people own most of the land, which makes them richer and deprives the poor of the chance to move up ex: Brazil 3% of the pop. owns 81% of the land

50%

There is no clear definition of street children and they are hard to keep track of.

informal economic sector- no paper trail, no tax roll, no labor laws

From rurla to urban environment, working in the informal economic sectors.

having to work outside the home and then coming home to a "2nd" job which is cleaning the house, taking care of the kids etc.

The elites send their children to expensive private schools, while the poor are forced to attend poorly funded private schools which has led to poor literacy rates.

polytheistic, making conquered tribes believe in their gods.

It conceded to the Crown more authority within the church. The church came to be viewed as an arm of imperial conquest and administration and the clergy came to be seen as civil as well as ecclesiastical officers whose actions were frequently based on political rather than ethical considerations. No seperation of church and state.

it indicated that whatever was good or indifferent in the indegenious culture of a convert people should be accepted by the church so long as it was not expressly forbidden in the bible.

the mixing of the indegenious religion and the catholicism. began with the europeans endeavoring to promote the mids of the natices an association between the indian and catholic gods.

The virgin mary appeared to Juan as the virgin of Guadalupe and asked him to build a temple in her honor but the clergy said no without physical evidence so then the virgin appeared to him again and gave him the evidence he needed to show the bishop

Lower level of attendance of mass, low level of sacramental participation, high level fo anticlericalism, focus on the cult of saints.

it means god or spirit, and is a form of African Folk Catholicism

Means the worship of the saints, focuses on the veneration of the images of saints, the believer thinks that the images are really representations of ancient Yoruban gods.

The leading form of african folk catholicism.

A large bilateral government-to-government grant given to Latin America by the U.S.

In the 1980s when the individual and family living levels regressed rather and progressed in most Latin American anc the Caribbean countries

in the 1990s

debt for debt swaps

the north american federal trade agreement between mexico canada and the US

the realization of the access to adequate levels of clean water food and health care, and life expectancy

it is above average but not by much

it places greater emphasis on short term treatment rather than long term prevention

38%

The spanish term for self medication

modernize the church for cold war, nuclear threat, atheism, global poverty, and its consequences were stronger commitment to democract, justice, and human rights.

calendar and observatory

purpose was to get a ceaseless supply of prisoners alive to use as human sacrifices.

giver of life giver of corn protector gentle god of creation and peace fled with the promise to return

Slave choosen by cortez to be a lover and interpreter

Aztec emperor

soldier who conquered inca

Brother who overthrew his brother emperor of Inca and he was eventually conquered by pizarro offered gold for his ransom chose to be baptized before being executed.

Mountain City never found by spanish

Legendary city of gold

Priest who went with conquistadors and wrote a book about all the horrible things the spanish did to the natives.

Mexicans,Puerto Ricans,Cubans, Salvadorans

Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Mexicans. Puerto Rico is owned by the U.S., Mexico borders the U.S., and Cuba has a corrupt government and close ties to the U.S. every since the Cold War.

The first approach defines a Hispanic or Latino as a member of an ethnic group that traces its roots to 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself (but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil). The second approach states that whoever says they are Hispanic or Latino is.

15.4%

It was a guest worker program, where big farmers would hire Mexicans to come work for them during their busiest times of the year like the harvest time.

He was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate.

Quechua, Praguayan Guaran,Mapudungun.

Helps mainly latino newcomers fit into communities and find jobs with employers that meet their non english speaking needs yet still pay well.

you men

to Roosevelt

La United Fruit Co. and Ode to my socks

Present day spain and portugal

Huge land grants awarded to soldiers for previous military conquests in outlying portions of the Roman Empire.

Master

Arab Berber peoples bent on spreading the islamic gospel.

those who couldnt demonstrate the purity of their bloodline and who were assumed to be decsendants of new christians

corresponded with a gradual worldwide decline in the fortunes of the Islamic world. the wars in which the christians begin defeating the moors.

established as the boundary between the portuguese and spanish spheres a line 370 leagues west of the cape verde islands.

two authoritarian manner vast administrative units governed by viceroys.

was responsible for the implementation fo the large and complex set of laws that made up the spanish mercantile system.

one of the principal mechanisms through which the European aristocracy exploited the natice american indians.

a warning that the US wouldnt permit renewed European military involvement in the Western hemisphere

the leader of the independence movemetns of the andean nations

38 days to traverse the dangerouse 360 mile strait between the continental mainland and tierra del fuego

a pure blodded indian from the southern state of Oaxaca who governed with amorla rectitude that has rarely been approached in subsequent Mexican history.

Somoza became president in 1937 and proceeded to establish an exceptionally corrupt and long lived dynasty when his youngest son came to rule in the 1970s it was estimated that the extended family controlled fully half the wealth of the nation.

a young poet living in exile in the U.S. during the mexican american war.

led a band of youthful revolutionaries in cuba to attack the moncada military barracks. castro would eventually assume power.

free associated state ex puerto rico is a commonwealth of the U.S.

candidate of the Marxist party, and became Latin Americas first freely elected marxist head of state.

replaced allende with a military dictatorship

kidnapping, torturing, and/or killin of some 30,000 argentine citizens during a period os state terrorism.

granted the US the use of Cuban military bases, including the naval base that the US still holds at Guatanamo

is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-American War

published annually by the UN development program, one of the most balanced methods designed to date to measure development.