Latin America Test
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- bachelet
- president of chile, father killed under pinochet's rule, pediatrician, imprisoned at one point
- brazilian miracle
- period of economic growth that helped wealthy and middle class brazilians
- cold war's affect on us la policy
- us focused on opposing communism everywhere
- creoles
- american-born descendants of spanish settlers
- creoles support for bolivar
- because he represented the power of royal officials and peninsulares
- cuban missile crisis is result of
- cold war tensions
- failure of mexico's first attempt at independence
- creoles supported spanish rule instead of the rebels
- incan empire
- extensive system of roads
- kirchner
- succeeded the presidency of her husband
- maya
- they made important advances in astronomy
- maya, aztecs, incas
- built large cities and complex governments
- mestizos
- children of spanish and native americans
- mountains
- geographical feature that has most influenced life in latin america
- result of revolutions in latin america
- spain lost most of its colonies in latin america
- treaty of todesillas
- spain was able to claim most of the new world