| A | B |
|---|
| Toussaint L'Overture | leader of independence in Haiti |
| Simon Bolivar | leader of independence in South America |
| Jose de San Martin | leader of independence in South America |
| Miguel Hidalgo | priest who led independence in Mexico |
| caudillos | Latin American military leaders who seized power & ruled as dictator |
| penninsulares | Born in Europe |
| creoles | Latin Americans of European descent |
| mulattoes | Latin americans who are of European & African descent |
| mestizos | Latin Americans of European & Native Aamerican descent |
| iron triangle | refers to the Catholic Church, military government, and rich landowners who held most of the power in Latin America |
| llanaros | cowboys who supported independence movement |
| cash crop | crop grown just for export $$- coffee, bananas, sugar |
| oligarchy | ruling power of powerful elite |
| Andes | mountains in Latin America |
| Atacama | Desert in Latin America |
| Amazon | largest river in latin America |
| pampas | grasslands in Latin America, |
| Patagonia | dry, cold plateau in L. A. |
| Sierra Occidental& Orientals | mountain range in Mexico |
| Mayas, Aztecs, Incas | early Native American civillizations |
| encomienda | system created by Spanish gov't in the Americas allowing colonists to demand labor or tribute from native Americans |
| mercantilism | economic policy by which a colony existed to increas the wealth of the Mother country |
| colony | a settlement set up by people far from their home country |
