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Latin America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pacific Ocean | an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world |
| Gulf of Mexico | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the U.S., Cuba, and Mexico |
| Caribbean Sea | a part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Central America, the West Indies, and South America |
| Sierra Madre | two parallel mountain chains in Mexico, bordering the central plateau on the ease and west, and extending SE into Guatemala |
| Panama Canal | waterway across the Isthmus of Panama; connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean; built by U.S. from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama |
| Andes Mountains | a mountain range on the west coast of South America |
| Atacama Desert | an arid region in north Chile |
| Amazon River | a river in South America, flowing from the Peruvian Andes through Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean; the largest river in the world in volume of water carried |
| Mexico | a republic in North America |
| Panama | a republic in Central America |
| Colombia | a republic in South America |
| Venezuela | a republic in South America |
| Brazil | a republic in South America |
| Bolivia | a republic in South America |
| Cuba | a republic in the Caribbean, south of Florida; largest island in the West Indies |
| Haiti | a republic in the West Indies occupying the west part of the island of Hispaniola |
| Smog | smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture |
| Deforestation | the process of clearing forests, selling the timber, and using the cleared land for other purposes |
| Arable | farmable; a description applied to land that is capable of being farmed |
| Urban | referring to cities |
| Natural Resources | the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc |
| Exports | goods sold to other countries |
| Service Jobs | that involve providing services to people rather than products |
| Communist | describes a government that owns or controls most farms and businesses |
| Blackouts | times when all electricity to a region is cut off |
| Mulattoes | in Latin America, people whose ancestors were both African and European |
| Mestizos | in Latin America, people whose ancestors were both European and Native American |
| Santeria | a Cuban religion based on African traditional beliefs |
| Latin America | countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean having Spanish or Portuguese as their primary language |
| Literate | able to read and write |
| Literacy Rate | the percentage of a country's people who can read and write |
| Illiteracy Rate | the percentage of a country's people who cannot read and write |
| Standard of Living | a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual |
| Unitary | a form of government in which a central government operates all levels of government in a country |
| Confederate | a form of government based on a voluntary agreement under which separate countries work together |
| Federal | form of government in which power is divided between a central government and small divisions, such as states |
| Autocratic | a government with a single ruler with unlimited power |
| Oligarchic | a government that is ruled by a few |
| Democratic | government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system |
| Representative Democracy | a democratic form of government in which the citizens elect representatives to make government decisions |
| Direct Democracy | a democratic form of government requiring a vote by all citizens for every government decision |
| Tenochtitlan | the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City |
| Nahuatl | Aztec language |
| Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| Cusco | a city in Peru; ancient Inca ruins |
| Quechua | the Inca language |
| Viceroy | Spanish governor of conquered American lands |
| Indigenous Population | the first people known to inhabit an area |
| Columbian Exchange | the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases between the Old New Worlds |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | a tense time in 1962 when nuclear war seemed possible after the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and the United States demanded their removal |
| Zapatistas | a group of Mexicans support improved rights and living conditions for Mexico's indigenous people |
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