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Individuals and Societies: South America Flashcards

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Bolsonaro

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the current president of Brazil, previous Army Captain in the Brazilian Regime

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Che

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led the cuban revolution in 1953-1959

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Jose Mujica

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the former farmer president of Uruguay

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Pinochet

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The previous socialist dictator of Chile who led military coups that overthrew other countries.

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Caudillo

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A military political leader

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Embargo

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An official ban on trade or commercial activity with a country

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Operation condor

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When the US caused thousands to disappear who where a part of the opposition.

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Nationalised

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When the companies within the country are all state owned.

For example: if I discover oil the state will take over and I am not able to create my own company out of it

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Privatised

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When the companies within a country are privat.

For example: if I discover oil then I can form my own company out of it and profit from it

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GDP

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Gross Domestic Product: how much money a country earns from goods in a year

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Inflation

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the fall in the value of money

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Money Laundering

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The process of concealing money which has been earned in an illegal manner. Often occurs in countries which suffer from corruption

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Corruption

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dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

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Union

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the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.

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Simon Bolivar

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Latin American leader which played a major role in the independence of several countries in South America

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Puppet Government

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A government that is directed and put in by an outside authority.

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Operation Condor

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When the US came into the south america and killed the opposition to limit the communistic power

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The good neighbor policy

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The policy which was made to limit communisim, lead by the US

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sanctions

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An official order to stop the trade with a country

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Coup

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a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

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Impeach

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call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice).

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Capitalism vs Communism in south america

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Due to the good neighbor policy south america never reached communism and today are in the more captalistic spectrum as they are socialistic today.

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Napoleon messed up South America

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Since spain and portugal owned south america then when Napoleon counquered them then spain and portuagal lost their ties to SA

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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An agreement that spain and portuagal made to choose who got what side of the world.

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Francisco Pizarro

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Killed atahualpa

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Capitalism vs Communism in South America

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As Che was starting to create a revolution he managed to turn Cuba communistic which was new due to the countries kept capitalism. On this journey he also managed to get close to make other countries communistic. As the US catched on to this they introduced military troops to the scene. This is why most countries are capitalistic today in South America.

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Atahualpa

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The last emperor of the Incan civilisation

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Plato and the cave

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we are all trapped in a cave and we are only seeing the shadows of the real world and once somebody sees the real world we dont believe or agree with what he is saying because we are so used to what we are conditioned to believe. written by plato

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Buenos Aires and the Rio de plata and jesuites

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Jesuites were trying to christianize South America, and the first place they made their move was in Buenos Aires, however they revolted

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Nietzsche and the Ubermensch

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a philosopher that believed in that evolution has not stopped and it is our duty to choose why we evolve to become. A physiologically strong person who justifies the existence of humanity.

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Machiavelli and the prince

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was for monarchy and how to maintain power, basically the opposite of Marx

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Classicism

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philosophy is what runs the world, plato

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Empiricism

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theory of being scientific and asking questions

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Romanticism

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Emotions are expressed

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Transcendentalism

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Everybody is free

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Realism

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the real world is harsh

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Post-modernism

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Not caring, everything is a mess

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Existentialism

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there is no purpose anymore

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Puritanism

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god is the answer

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