Question | Answer |
Andes mountains | a large system of mountain ranges located along the pacific coast |
llanos | alarge grassy treeless area in south america. |
cerrado | a flat terraine that has moderate rainfall. |
pampas | a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south central america . |
orinoco river | a river mainly in venezuela and a part of south america. |
amazon river | the second largest river in the world. |
parana river | a ship canal cut trough panama connecting the caribbian sea with the pacific. |
rain forest | a forest located in the tropical zone. |
slash-and-burn | a way of cleaning feilds for planting by cutting trees,and bushes. |
terraced farming | an anceint technique for growing crops on hill sides. |
push factors | a factor that causes people to move away from their homes. |
pull factors | a factor that pulls or attracts people to another location. |
infrastructure | a basic support system needed to keep an economy going. |
spanish conquest | the conquering of the native americans by the spanish |
tenochtitlan | the acient aztec capital ,site of mexico city today |
institutional revolutionary party | thepolititial party introduced in 1929 in mexico that helped to introduce democracy. |
mestizo | the central platue of spain. |
maquiladoras | a factory in mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods. |
NAFTA | an important trade agreement creating a huge zone of cooperation. |
cultural hearth | the place of origon of a major culture. |
united provinces of central america | the name of central america after the reigon declaired independance from mexico. |
panama canal | a ship canal cut through panama connecting the caribbean sea with the pacific ocean. |
calypso | a style of music that began in trinidad. |
reggae | a style of music created in jumacia. |
informal economy | takes place of outside official channels. |
inca | a member of the quechen peoples of south america. |
quechua | the language of the inca empire |
mercosur | south american culture,religion |
treatty of tordesillas | a treaty between spain and portugal in 1494. |
carnival | the most colorful feast day in brizil. |
samba | a brizillian dance with african influances. |
capoeira | a martial art and dance that developed in brizil from angonlas. |
biodiversity | the variety of organisms within an ecosystem. |
deforestation | the cutting down and clearing away trees and forest. |
global warming | the build up of carbon dioxid in the atmosphere. |
debt-for-nature swap | a debt reducing deal wherein an oraganizaton agrees to pay off a certain amount. |
oligrachy | a government run by few persons or small groups. |
junta | a government ran by generals after a military takeover. |
caudillo | a military dictator or politicial boss. |
land reform | the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distrubution amoung farmers. |