CORTES

MONTEZUMA

TENOCHTITLAN

QUETZALCOATL

CHINAMPAS

ENCOMIENDA

LATIN AMERICAN TEST REVIEW

• LECTURE NOTES• PPTS OVER LATIN

AMERICA, RAINFOREST, ND GOVERNMENT

• STORY OF THE AZTECS

• MAIN IDEAS PAGE 242/256

• LATIN AMERICA WORKSHEET

• SOME INFO FROM MAP TEST

• ALL PPTS HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED TO WEBSITE

POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

• INCOME GAP:WHY MIGHT AN INCOME GAP EXIST IN A COUNTRY? POSSIBLE AFFECTS?

• WHAT ARE SOME THREATS TO DEMOCRACY? WHAT CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR DEMOCRACY TO THRIVE

• RESOURCES IN LATIN AMERICA-RAINFOREST

• 4-5 negative results of Spanish colonialism-info can be found in your lecture notes

THE GOAL-DEMOCRACY

GOALS OF DEMOCRACY

• FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS• FREEDOMS LIKE

SPEECH,PRESS,RELIGION,PETITION• MAJORITY RULES BUT MINORITY

RIGHTS• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION• THE MOST DIFFICULT FORM OF GOVT WHY?

LEGACY OF COLONIALISM

• CENSORED THE PRESS• LIMITED FREE SPEECH• PUNISHED DISSENT• DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THE NON

SPANISH RULING CLASS• CORRUPT “FREE ELECTIONS”• ONLY THE RICH HAD A VOICE

OLIGARCHY

• GOVERNMENT BY THE FEW

• MANY TIMES AN ELITE BUSINESS CLASS

JUNTA

• WHEN GOVT CAN NO LONGER CONTROL THE PEOPLE

• MILITARY LEADERS CONTROL THE GOVT

• HARSH RULE

CAUDILLO

• A MILITARY DICTATOR OR POLITICAL BOSS

• SUPPORTED BY THE MILITARY AND WEALTHY