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| Question | Answer |
| Pizarro | Spanish explorer who landed on the western coast of S.A. and conquered the Inca with horses, guns, 200 soldiers |
| Simon Bolivar | General who freed the northern parts of South America starting with a revolution in Venezuela |
| Jose San Martin | General who defeated the Spanish in the southern part of South America |
| European countries colonizing South America | Spain and Portugal |
| Inca's demise | Inca’s civil war had weakened them, then defeated by Pizarro |
| Products sent from the colonies to Spain and Portugal | Silver Sugar Gold |
| Causes of Native American deaths | European disease and overwork |
| Reasons why southamericans wanted independence | wanted to share in the political power and economic power; mestizos and mulattos wanted to be treated better |
| Models for independence revolutions | French and american revolutions |
| OAS and its goals | Organization of American States • Goals: economic cooperation, social justice, equality of people |
| Changes in population | immigrants from Spain and Portugal changed the population • most people are mestizos (European and native) and mulattos (African and European) • After 1800s accompanied by other immigrants from other European nations |
| Transportation Corridors | Definition : a path that makes transportation easier • Example : Amazon River |
| Transportation Barriers | Definition : a geographical feature that slows or prevents transportation • Example : Rain forest, desert, Andes |
| Natural Resouces Exported | minerals, copper, tin, gold, iron ore, lead, petroleum |
| Farm Exports | beef, grain, sugar, bananas, coffee, wool |
| Brazil's industrial products | cars, computers, televisions, planes |
| Free Trade ZOne | people and goods move across borders without being taxed |
| Economic Indicators | statistics that show how a country’s economy is doing – literacy rate, life expectancy |
| Urbanization | Definition : many people have moved from the countryside to the city • Factors: growth of manufacturing jobs in the cities, poverty in rural areas, jobs, schools, health services available |
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