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WG Unit 7 Vocab

Latin America & the Caribbean

TermDefinition
CALYPSO style of music originating in the West Indes marked by lively meter
DISPARITY great gap of comparison; unequal
EJIDOS federally supported community farmland
GAUCHOS cowboy of the South American pampas
HACIENDA large colonial farm/plantation with hired workers
ISTHMUS narrow strip of land with water on both sides
LLANOS plains of Colombia and Venezuela in northern South America
MEGACITY very large city that is highly developed
MESTIZO people of mixed European and indigenous ancestry
MULATTO people of mixed African and European ancestry
PAMPAS grasslands of southern South America
PLANTATION large farm with usually one cash crop
RAIN FOREST tropical, woodsy land with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches
REGGAE popular music of Jamaican origin combining rock and native styles with an offbeat
SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE way of producing arable land by cutting and burning the forest
SMOG chemical air pollution; Mexico City suffers the greatest type of this pollution in region
SQUATTER one that settles on property without right, title or payment of rent
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE farming for family food needs
TIERRA CALIENTE hot land
TIERRA FRIA cold land
TIERRA TEMPLADA temperate land
VERTICAL ZONATION rare north/south alignment of climate types found at the southern tip of South America
Created by: gbright
 

 



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