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World Geography
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sierra Madres | Two branches of the Sierra Mountains take up most of the middle of the country |
| Baja Calfornia | Long, thin, rocky desert. Rocky and lonely terrain, can compare to Mars |
| Yucatán Peninsula | Hook of Mexico that reaches the Caribbean Sea. Filled with thick rainforest, not really populated, and poorest region |
| Isthmus | linking north and south America. Narrow Strip of land with a sea on each side. |
| Greater Antilles | Largest islands of the Caribbean: Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) |
| Lesser Antilles | Smaller islands south of Puerto Rico: volcanic and earthquakes are common |
| Bahamas | Single Country that stretches hundreds of islands. Big capital is Nassua, other cities are piles of sand |
| Andes Mountains | Steep mountains run along the west side of South America, |
| Orinoco River | winds through the northern part of South America mostly in Venezuela, many exotic fish |
| Paraná River | Begins in the highlands of southern Brazil, traveling through Paraguay and Argentina before opening to the Atlantic ocean |
| Atacama Desert | High-pressure zone and the orographic effect makes it the driest desert on Earth. People survive there by catching rain/dew from the mornings |
| Llanos | a treeless grassy plain |
| Pampas | extensive, treeless plains in South America. |
| Amazon River | Largest river in the world carrying more water than any other river on earth, 1,000 rivers in it, 1/5 of fresh water flows through this river |
| Tributary | a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake |
| Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. |
| Cerrado | is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais. The cerrado biome core areas are the plateaus in the center of Brazil |
| Aztecs | Biggest empire of Mexico, A complex and sophisticated society. The heart of Mexico. |
| Quetzalcoatl | Important Aztec gods. He was the inventor of books, calender, and giver of food. Legend says he left then one day come to bring peace and prosperity. |
| Tenochtitan | Capital. Built on an island in the freshwater lake. Good military position and good place to live |
| Colony | main point is to make the home country rich |
| Haciendas | The Spanish colonial system set up a few rich landowners with big haciendas, while landless peasants worked those haciendas. The effect was to concentrate the money in the hands of a few people, while most people were poor and desperate. |
| Missionaries | Catholic missionaries were very successful in Mexico |
| The Great Commission | go out and make more Christians |
| Mayans | Native American tribe that ruled Mexico and Central America, only ones to have a written language. Everyone packed up and left |
| Tikal | one of the biggest cities, had several pyramids that were taller than any building in the Americans |
| Pope Alexander VI | Papal line of declaration was a division that gave the two countries responsibility to spread Christianity, he was the most notorious of the Renaissance popes and often used his power to make his family rich |
| Circumnavigate | sail all the way around |
| Ferdinand Magellan | He named Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Pacific Ocean, as well as mapped the Strait of Magellan. He never finished his quest to sail around the world; Magellan was caught in a Philippine civil war and was killed. His crew sailed on without him.When |
| Inca | Native Americans who lived in the Andes Mountains |
| Quechua | Inca Language |
| Jonestown | the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peopl |
| Shanty town | a deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of crude dwellings |
| Infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise |
| Panama Canal | Has modernized economy, ships use the canal, Known as the economic capital in Central America |
| Cultural Mosaic | Island culture, a cultural big picture develops |
| Informal economy | Island culture, a cultural big picture develops |
| Caribbean Jazz | Played with big bands, most jazz players grew into poverty, americans brought it back |
| Reggae | Jamaica music, contain strong political themes for a new country struggling to define themselves |
| Bob Marley | developed reggae music in the 1960's |
| Rastafarianism | Religious belief that worships the last king of Ethiopia as a god |
| Steel pan drum | a drum made out of bowl-shaped steel |
| Calypso | combines African rhythms with french melody patterns |
| Gauchos | Cowboys |
| Folk art | Art done in a traditional style by amateur artist |
| Tango | intimate rhythmic dance/ show the grace and beauty of the female dancer |
| Zamba | national dance of Argentina, traditional, formal, and requires a handkerchief |
| Subsistence agriculture | self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families |
| Slash-and-burn | Clearing the land and burning the plants provide richer fertilizer for the soil |
| Deforestation | Has threaten the Amazon |
| Hydroelectric | Amazon River basin are good for hydroelectric power |
| Ethanol | over half of Brazilians cars burn ethanol instead of gasoline/ made out of sugar cane |
| Brasilia | located in the cerrado plains, made to make people move to the middle of the country |
| Rio de Janeiro | cultural capital of the country |
| Favelas | Slums of Rio, poverty, crime, and drugs |
| Sao Paulo | economic heart of Brazil, largest city in Brazil, plagued by crime and pollution |
| Carnival | Party season that leads into lent/ goodby meat/ throws a party before lent starts |
| Capeoira | Martial arts created by slaves, a way of fighting disguised as dancing |
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