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ColombiaCountry in South America experiencing a violent drug war and is working to prevent the planting of coca
PanamaCountry in Central America that is the location of a major shipping canal
UruguayCountry in South America that is a buffer state between Argentina and Brazil
ArgentinaCountry in South America where you can find cowboys called “gauchos”
BrazilCountry in South America that will host the 2016 Summer Olympics
ChileCountry in South America that produces the majority of the world’s salmon
BelizeSmallest country in Central America and only country not to have Spanish as the official language
PortugalCountry that colonized Brazil and left behind its language
BoliviaCountry in South America that has had over 200 military coups; majority of its people are Inca
NicaraguaCountry in Central America that has a large lake surrounded by volcanoes
CoupTaking power by force
SpanishOfficial language of almost all of Central and South America
MestizoPeople of mixed European and Indian background
MaquiladoraAmerican owned factories on the Mexican side of the border
NAFTAFree trade agreement between the U.S. Mexico and Canada
RomanCatholicOfficial religion of almost all of Central and South America
PanamacanalUntil its opening people had to sail around the southern tip of South America to get goods from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
PortunolA mix between Portuguese and Spanish
BufferStateA state that lies between two greater hostile powers
QuechuaNative language spoken by 10 to 13 million people in the Andes Mountains
IncaNative group that lived in the Andes Mountains and were conquered by the Spanish
AmazonRainforestThis is estimated to disappear from South America in 40 to 50 years
MulattoPeople of mixed African and other ancestry
AquacultureAnother name for fish farming or salmoneras
TordesillasPortugal took control of Brazil as a result of this treaty
CortesSpanish conquistador that was mistaken for the god Quetzalcoatl
ShippingA possible solution to the housing problems in Mexico is to build homes out of what type of container
AztecNative group that built their capitol at Tenochtitlan and was known for human sacrifice
TenochtitlanAztec capital formed on an island
ArchipelagoChain of islands
HispaniolaCaribbean Island that is hope to both the Dominican Republic and Haiti
GreaterAntillesVolcanic islands that include Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
LesserAntillesVolcanic island chain that forms a curving arc between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
BahamasCaribbean country made up of over 700 coral islands
PuertoRicoCaribbean Island that is a territory of the United States and is considering statehood
CalypsoMusic from Trinidad that combines Spanish and African elements
ReggaeMusic from Jamaica that deals with political and social issues
RastafarianismReligion in Jamaica
VoodooReligion in Haiti that combines African
SanteriaCaribbean religion that combines Catholic and African elements
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