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Chapter 5B Vocab
Chapter 5B Vocabulary Words, Metas
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Language - Spanish
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03/05/2008
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Term
el Amazonas
 Definition
the Amazon (region)
Term
la amenaza
 Definition
threat
Term
el/la campesino/a
 Definition
peasant
Term
el chamán
 Definition
shaman, medicine man
Term
la creencia
 Definition
belief
Term
el/la criollo/a
 Definition
person of Spanish descent living in the Americas
Term
los derechos humanos
 Definition
human rights
Term
el discrimen
 Definition
discrimination
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la explotación
 Definition
exploitation
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la fuerza
 Definition
strength
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la gente indígena (but los indígenas)
 Definition
indigenous people
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la guerrilla
 Definition
guerrilla warfare/movement
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los guerrilleros
 Definition
guerrilla fighters
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el habitante
 Definition
inhabitant
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el maltrato
 Definition
mistreatment
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el mestizaje
 Definition
cultural, ethnic, and racial blending
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el/la mestizo/a
 Definition
person of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage
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el poder
 Definition
power
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el pueblo
 Definition
town; people
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la presión
 Definition
pressure
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el resentimiento
 Definition
resentment
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la sierra
 Definition
highlands
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la soberanía
 Definition
sovereignty
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la tribu
 Definition
tribe
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aportar
 Definition
to contribute
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resistir
 Definition
to resist
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sobrevivir
 Definition
to survive
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sufrir
 Definition
to suffer
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temer
 Definition
to fear
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actual
 Definition
current
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alentador(a)
 Definition
encouraging
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amazónico/a
 Definition
pertaining to the Amazon
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andino/a
 Definition
Andean
Term
conmovedor(a)
 Definition
moving
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dirigente
 Definition
ruling
Term
excluido/a
 Definition
excluded
Term
marginado/a
 Definition
marginalized
Term
poderoso/a
 Definition
powerful
Term
popular
 Definition
popular; pertaining to the common people
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