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Latin America

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  1. carnival
    a traveling show featuring rides and games
  2. colonialism
    exploitation by a stronger country of a weaker one
  3. criollo
    a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
  4. Hispanic
    an American whose first language is Spanish
  5. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  6. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  7. machismo
    exaggerated masculinity
  8. mestizo
    a Latin American with both European and indigenous heritage
  9. mulatto
    (offensive) a person with both black and white ancestry
  10. NAFTA
    an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years
  11. Organization of American States
    an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
  12. patrilineal
    based on or tracing descent through the male line
  13. syncretism
    the union of different systems of thought or belief
Created on 七月 27, 2011 (updated 七月 27, 2011)

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