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World Cultures 10413

Latin America Vocabulary List

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Absolute location the position of a point on the earth's surface shown on a grid
Relative location the position of a point on the earth's in relation to other places.
Civilization an advanced culture with highly developed economic, social, and political systems.
Amerindians native people living in Latin America during Europeans arrival.
Colony a settlement of land in which the people living there live and work for its motherland.
Conquest the act of overcoming the current leaders or power in a place and taking it for oneself.
Conquistador a Spanish adventurer during the conquest of Latin America by Spain.
Deforestation the process through which an area of vegetation loses its forest over time
Dictatorship a form of government where a single leader is in charge of all of the decisions.
Emigration leaving one country in order to settle in another.
Immigration the arrival of settlers in a new country.
Geographical diversity multiple and differing characteristics existing in one locale or region.
Diversity having a multitude of different people and cultures located in one region
Geography The study of people, places, and environment.
Luxury wants items and services not necessary to life, but for leisure or recreation
Survival wants wants of people that are necessary to life
Political social relationships dealing with the leadership and the governing of a place.
Economy a country's use of money and trade
Social relating to the interactions of people in everyday life
Poverty living with a shortage of everyday items necessary to life, such as food, and shelter.
Rainforest forests in an area of heavy annual rainfall, mostly near seas oceans
Rural relating to the country or farming
Urban relating to, or located in the city
Urbanization the process of developing into a city
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