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Unit 3 Vocabulary
A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin America
Term | Definition |
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agriculture | The practice of cultivating the land (farming) or raising stock. |
Colombian Exchange | This refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the Old and New Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. |
colonization | A parent country establishes distant settlements in foreign land and establishes control over the indigenous people of the area. |
cultural diffusion | The process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another, |
deforestation | Clearing forests to use the area for other purposes. |
economic development | The improvement of living standards because economic growth. |
indigenous | Native to a certain area. |
mural | A painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall. |
natural resources | Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. |
non-renewable resources | A resource or raw material that cannot be grown or replaced once used because they took millions of years to form. Examples: fossil fuels; oil; natural gas; coal. |
renewable resources | Refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally. Examples: oxygen; fresh water; solar energy, etc. |
revolution | A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system. |
trans-Atlantic slave trade | The transportation of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas and the Caribbean. |