Regional Sumapaz
Roldan
The National Front
Villarrica War
Pacification
100

Historical studies of the region of Sumapaz in Colombia have traditionally been viewed as ________ and _________. 

 Single and homogenous.
100

In the introduction to her book, author, Mary Roldán discovered that one particular area in Colombia endured the most violence. Which town was this in?

Antioquia

100

Where was the Pact of Benidorm signed?

Alicante, Spain

100

How many people are estimated to have been killed in the Villarrica War?

16,000

100

After the coup of 1953 this president declared communism illegal and focused on anti-communist war policies targeted in Eastern Tolima and Sumapaz.

General Rojas Pinilla

200

Sumapaz was traditionally believed by the state to be the cradle of what?

Communism 

200

What area of Antioquia had the most violence and why?

The periphery of Antioquia was hardest hit with violence because, in short, the inhabitants of the periphery were seen as "other" by those in the central part of Antioquia.

200

What the of democracy consists of is the coalition between traditional parties seeking to monopolize the state?

Consocialtionalist Democracy

200

Violence of Conservative government promoted ______ peasants to become _______ guerrillas.

Liberal

200

Pinilla's police of pacification implied direct warfare against with population?

Peasants

300

What were the two traditional political parties?

Conservative and Liberal

300

Liberals were divided by two groups; what were they and who led them?

Limpios - Led by Antonio Vargas Roa

Comunes - Led by Juan de la Cruz Varela

300

Towns like Villarrica and Iconozo were identified as communist strongholds and under constant attacks by the army and police that were repelled by self-defense groups. Sumapaz was then perceived to be the nerve center of ___)____.

Defensive Resistance

300

Pinilla extended ______ for armed groups in 1953 that led to the surrender of weapons and demobilization of guerrillas of the Llanos and Sumapaz

Amnesty

400

Anti-communist measures of the Colombian government were inspired by what movement within the United States?

McCarthyism 

400

The peace accord was signed in _______ with FARC

2016

400

Pinilla's justification of pacification violence was aimed at confronting "_____________"

The domination of communism

500

The Colombian government took inspiration from the United States's involvement in _________ and began implementing similar tactics, such as indiscriminate bombings.

The Korean War