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Latin America Voc
Definition | Term |
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A Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Mexico | Conquistador |
A climate that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops | Vertical climate zone |
The value of goods and services produced within a country in a year | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
The loss or destruction of woodlands, mainly for logging or farming | Deforestation |
Relating to or caused by an earthquake | Seismic |
A person of mixed indigenous and European ancestry | Mestizo |
The downward shifting of land in response to various natural and human-caused factors | Land subsidence |
The combining of beliefs and practices from different religions | Syncretism |
An area of a country in which trade restrictions do not apply | Free trade zone |
A farm product grown to be sold or traded | Cash crop |
A sum of factors within a population that reduce the ability of an environment to support the population, therefore resulting in migration or population decline | Population pressure |
A dialect used in everyday speech that blends elements of several languages | Patois |
A former federation that included present-day countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua | United Provinces of Central America |
A large agricultural estate owned by a family or corporation in Latin America | Latifundia |
A transportation route opened in 1914 and once controlled by the United States | Panama Canal |
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas | Isthmus |
The action or process of forming or depositing eroded material | Sedimentation |
A country that won its independence in 1804, following a revolt led by Francois Toussaint-Louverture | Haiti |
A small farm that produces food chiefly for family consumption in Latin America | Minifundia |
A group or chain of islands | Archipelago |
A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface | Escarpment |
A syncretic blend of Catholicism and West African religions | Macumba |
Parallel chains or ranges of mountains | Cordillera |
The longest river in the Western Hemisphere | Amazon River |
A slum on the outskirts of a Brazilian city consisting of crudely built shacks | Favela |
The loss of highly educated and skilled workers to other countries | Brain drain |
An ancient Inca town in the Andes | Machu Pichu |
The grassy, treeless plains of South America | Pampas |
The worldâs highest large lake | Titicaca |
A thick, weathered soil of the humid tropics that is largely depleted of fertility and nutrients | Oxisol |