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Ch. 10-12
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central America Population | Double of Texas |
| Central America Languages | Spanish, Belize-English |
| Central America/South America Religion | Roman Catholic |
| South America Population | 371 million |
| South America Languages | Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, French, Inca, Guarani, Portunhol |
| Caribbeans Population | 3.7 million |
| Caribbeans Languages | French, Dutch, Spanish, English |
| Caribbeans Religion | Roman Catholic, Santeria/Voodoo |
| Amazon River | Largest by volume, >4,000 miles long, >1,100 tributaries |
| Amazon Rainforest | Largest rainforest |
| Andes | Longest range |
| Mountain Aconcagua | Highest mountain in the Americas |
| Santeria/Voodoo | Combine Christianity and African beliefs |
| Simon Bolivar | (1783-1830) Establishes Gran Colombia, President of Venezuela |
| Angel Falls | Highest waterfall, named after an American pilot that crashed in 1933 |
| Atacama Desert | Cloudiest and driest place on Earth, almost no sun for 6 months of the year |
| Augusto Pinochet | President of Chile, in power 1974-1990, steals millions of dollars, kill/imprisons thousands |
| Buffer States | A small country between 2 larger, more powerful countries |
| Causes of poverty in South America | Economic inequality |
| Deforestation | Destruction or loss of forests |
| Favelas | Large slums around Brazilian cities, 1/4 of the population |
| Gaucho | Cowboys |
| Inca | 1438-1533, contributions; roads, bridges, terraced fields, stone architecture, population 10-14 million; capital city- Cuzco Peru |
| Latifundia | Land in the hands of few |
| Minifundia | Smaller estates |
| Pizarro | Leads conquistadors in 1526 |
| Soil Exhaustion | A condition in which soil has lost nutrients and becomes nearly useless for farming |
| Terrorism | The use of fear and violence as a political force |
| Push Factors | Factors causing people to leave a location |
| Pull Factors | Factors attraction people to a new location |
| Carnvial | Festive season right before Lent, parades and masquerade balls, Rio de Janeiro has the largest, Samba schools compete during the parade; Venezuela- 2 days of festival, 40 days before Easter |
| Indigenous | Native to a region |
| Caricom | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| Aztec | 1,300 AD-1,600 AD |
| Mestizo | Mixed ancestry |
| Mulatto | People with both African and European ancestry |
| Panama Canal | Began by the French in the 1880's, completed 1914 by the U.S., connects the Atlantic to the Pacific, 51 miles long, ships pay to use it |
| Tenochtitlan | An Aztec city that flourished between 1,325-1,521 AD |
| Fidel Castro | Communist ruler of Cuba from 1959-2008, limited U.S. trade and travel since the '60's |
| Bay of Pigs | U.S. backed invasion |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Russia put nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| Conquistadors | Spanish conquerors |
| Isthmus | Narrow strip of land with water on either side connecting 2 large land areas |
| Colonization | Control by 1 power over a dependent area or people |
| Natural Resources | Materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs |
| Mexican Government | 3 levels(federal, state, local), 1917 Constitution, President- Obrador "Amlo", Bicameral Congress, Supreme Court of Justices |
| Mexican Resources | #1 silver producer in the World, oil- most valuable resource; 11th largest producer, 6th largest exporter |
| Mexican Current Issues | Poverty, environmental(deforestation, soil exhaustion), terrorism |
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