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Unit 3
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cordillera | A system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the interviewing plateaus and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies |
| Spanish Conquest | the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by use of military force |
| Tenochtitlan | he capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City |
| Institutional Revolutionary Party | The political party introduced in 1929 in Mexico that helped to introduce democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th century |
| Altiplano | the high tableland of central South America |
| Mestizo | a man of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian |
| Cultural Hearth | any place where certain related changes in land-use appeared due to human domestication of plants and animals |
| United Provinces of Central America | A former federal republic in Central America |
| Escarpment | a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights |
| Calypso | a kind of West Indian *originally Trinidadian* music in syncopated African rhythm, typically with words improvised on a topical theme |
| Reggae | a style of popular music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat, originating in Jamaica |
| Informal Economy | activities and income that are partially or fully outside government regulation, taxation, and observation |
| Llanos | a treeless grassy plain |
| Inca | a South American hummingbird having mainly blackish or bronze-colored plumage with one or two white breast patches |
| Mercosur | a sub-regional bloc |
| Quechua | a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador |
| Pampas | extensive, treeless plains in South America |
| Carnival | a period of public revelry at a regular time each year involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade |
| Samba | a Brazilian dance of African origin |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered |
| Gaucho | a cowboy of the South American pampas |
| Capoeria | a system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form |
| Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| Debt-for-nature-swap | a transaction in which a foreign exchange debt owed by a developing country |
| Hydroelectric power | the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower |
| Deforestation | the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land |
| Oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
| Land Reform | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
| Estuary | the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream |
| Caudillo | *in spanish speaking regions* a military or political leader |
| Junta | a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force |
| Push Factor | forceful, and a factor which causes a person to migrate |
| Indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native |
| Cerrado | a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil |
| Terraced Farming | a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces for the purposes of more effective farming |
| Slash and Burn | of, relating to, or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown |
| Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group |
| Pull Factor | something that attracts people to go and live in a particular place |
| Infastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities *buildings, roads, and power supplies* needed for the operation of a society or enterprise |
| Maquiladora | a factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company |
| NAFTA | an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries |
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