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Greater Antillies - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Panama Capital & currency - Ciudad de Panama, Balboa Dominican Republic - Island of Santo Domingo Agriculture: sugarcane Capital is Santo Domingo $ - Domincan Peso Cuba - Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso Dictator: Fidel Castro Puerto Rico - unincoproraged US, Capital - San Juan Us Dollar Guatemala - Ciudad de Guatemala Agriculture: coffee sugarcane, bananas, Currency: Quetzal Capital: Cuidad de Guatemala El Salvador - Smallest county in Central America Capital: San Salvador Civil War Coffee Currency: Colon Costa Rica - Capital: San Jose Currency: Colones Agriculture: pinapples, cocoa South American Countries that speak Spanish - Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador Non Spanish Speaking Countries in South America - Guyana, Surnam, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil
Central America - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Spanish Armada - feet of ships, very strong but was defeated by Queen Eliz I This started the defeat of the Spanish Empire Bourbons - Big influence in Europe Carlos II de espana hasta Felipe V Miguel de Unamuno - Spanish author - generation of 98. These artist affected by moral, political and social crisis in Spain. Their message was that Spaini needed to abandon its traditions and integrate into Europe Inquisition - purpose was to discover and punish heretics and crimes against blasphemy, bigamy and forbidden books. Aboloished in 1843 General Francisco Franco - Spanish dictator 1936-1939, defeated the republic and made spain and absolute dictatorship until his death in 1975 Domingo Fasutino Sarmiento - President of Argentina 1868- Writer and politicial Horacio Quiroga - Uruguay, writer influenced by Edgar Alan Poe Mexico - Estados Unidos de Mexico Aztecs, Mayans, Chimichecas, Agriculture minining Tourism Nicaragua - The first state to declare its independence Cotton, sugar, banana Capital- Managua Currrency-Cordoba Ecuador - 1527 was discovered by the Spaniards Cap: Quito Currency: Us $ Economy: agriculture-bananas
Fernando Botero - Boterismo Colombia pintor, matador, exaggerates volumes Placido Domingo - Spanish Opera Singer Educated in Mexico Frida Khalo - Mexican painter bright colors Influence by surrealism married to Diego Rivera Ernesto Sabato - Argentina Writer/painer El Tunel Diego Valazques - 17th c portraits "Las Meninas" Influenced Dali & Picasso Spanish Architecture - Roman influence Moorish Romanesque/Gothic Gaudi Zarzuela - Spanish started 17th c Opera/Theater Went to cuba in the 19th c Spanish Cinema - Luis Bunuell, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodovar Royal Spanish Academy - Created in 1713 Regulates spanish language Metric/Iimperial Systems - Spanish speaking countries use mostly metric Civil War - Nationalists vs. Republicans
Nationalists won the war, this divided the country Spain was a dictatorship for 40 years until F Franco died Jose Clemente Orozco - Mexican Painter, murallist , politics influenced his work Francisco Goya - Spanish painter painted what he wanted, not what he was told Diego Rivera - Famous muralist Mexican Revaporization of Mexican roots El Cantor Mio Cid - Anonymous, 114o singing poem Takes place during the reconstruction Spanish Possessions - Baleares, Canarias, Ceuta & Melia Miguel de Cervantes - Don Q author fought in a war, lost one arm "El manco" Emilia Pardo Bazam - Spanish novelist tried to introduce naturalism first woman to graduate form the university Benito Perez Galdos - Spanish author, realist novels and chronicles Mixed reality and fiction "Dona Perfecta" "Gloria Fortunata y Jacinta: "Misericordia" Alfonso X - Alfonso el Sabio King of Castilla-Leon Decided that Castilian the official language La Reconquita - Spain wanted to recover the land from the muslims who invaded in 711. Granada was the last city The Muslims in Spain - 711 the muslims from africa invaded spain. Under arab control until 1492
painter Barcelona Juan Rulfo - Mexico, novelist, short stores, magic realism, historic stories based on poor, ignorant country people Jorge Luis Borges - Spanish writer, born in Argentina, metaphysical problems Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbia Nobel Prize for lit "Cien Anos de Soledad" Carlos Fuentes - Novelest Wanted to protect mexican culture Jose Enriquez Rodo - Uruguay modernistic essays prose warned about the northamerican influence Ruben Dario - Writer/poet Nicaragua modernist searched for the ideal beauty against materialism Jose de S. Martin - Argentina general liberated Argentina & Chile Protector of Peru Cristobal Colon - First asked Portugal, then denial Arrived in October 1492 Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo - Mexico priest and patriot Sept 16 1810 he gave a cry in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato "The Cry of Dolores" started the Mexican War of independence from Spain Aztecs - Native people of central Mexico Most powerful group in mesoamerica Mayans -
Yucatan, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduraz, Belize Famous for Mayan Calendar, Chichenitza Incas - Inhabited Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina & Chile Language: Quechua Machupichu David Alfaro Siqueiros - Mexican muralist, realistic, mexican revolution Hernan Cortes - Spanish conquistador, Founded "Española" Conqueror of the Aztecas Abused the natives Jose Marti - Cuba, writer/politicial modernist fought against spain Pablo Neruda - Chile, poet Marxist identified with the victims of wars, social injustice and tyranny Simon Bolivar - Liberator of Venezuela
