Whap Ch. 32 Terms Flashcards
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| 358236476 | Third World | term for nations not among the capitalist industrial nations of the 1st world and the industrialized communist nations of the 2nd world | 0 | |
| 358236477 | Pancho Villa | Mexican revolutionary leader in northern Mexico after 1910. | 1 | |
| 358236478 | Emiliano Zapata | Mexican revolutionary commander of a guerrilla movement centered at Morelos; demanded sweeping land reform. | 2 | |
| 358236479 | corridos | popular ballads written to celebrate heroes of the Mexican Revolution. | 3 | |
| 358236480 | Cristeros | conservative peasant movement in Mexico during the 1920s; a reaction against secularism. | 4 | |
| 358236481 | Party of Institutionalized Revolution (PRI) | inclusive Mexican political party developing from the 1920s; ruled for the rest of the 20th century. | 5 | |
| 358236482 | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada that lowered trade barriers. | 6 | |
| 358236483 | United Fruit Company | most important foreign company in Guatemala; 1993 nationalization effort of some of its land holdings caused a U.S. reaction. | 7 | |
| 358236484 | Fidel Castro | revolutionary leader who replaced Batista in 1958; reformed Cuban society with socialist measures; supported economically and politically by the Soviet Union until its collapse. | 8 | |
| 358236485 | Liberation Theology | combination of Roman Catholic and socialist principles aiming to improve the lives of the poor. | 9 | |
| 358236486 | Banana republics | conservative, often dictatorial, Latin American governments friendly to the U.S.; exported tropical products. | 10 | |
| 358236487 | Alliance for Progress | 1961 U.S. program for economic development of Latin America. | 11 |