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Latin American Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Surrounded by Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain ranges. Mild climate, fertile volcanic soil, and adequate rainfall. | Mexican Plateau |
| Mountain range in South America | Andes |
| Parallel chains or ranges of mountains | Cordilleras |
| Spanish for "high plain", a region in Peru and Bolivia encircled by the Andes peaks | Altiplano |
| Sparsely populated plateau of forests and grasslands, that spreads across Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru | Malto Grosso Plateau |
| Farther east of the Mato Grosso Plateau, a vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones. Warm climate and open spaces make it important for raising livestock. | Brazilian Highlands |
| Steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface. | Escarpment |
| Grasslands of Colombia and Venezuela | Llanos |
| Grassy, treeless plains of southern South America (Argentina and Uruguay) | Pampas |
| The Western Hemisphere's longest river, and the world's second longest. Flows from the headwaters of the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic coast of Brazil (4000 miles) | Amazon River |
| Electrical energy generated by falling water. | Hydroelectric power |
| "River of the Silver" which flows into the Atlantic Ocean | Rio de la Plata |
| Generally the rivers of Middle America are small, but this one is the exception. Forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico. | Rio Grande |
| Located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru, it is the world's highest navigable lake. | Lake Titicaca |
| Spanish term for "frozen land"; a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes | Tierra helada |
| Spanish term for "cold land"; the highest altitude zone of Latin American highlands climates | Tierra fria |
| Spanish term for "temperate land"; the middle-altitude zone of Latin American highlands climates | Tierra templada |
| Spanish term for "hot land"; the lowest altitude zone of Latin American highlands climates | Tierra caliente |
| Blanketed by the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests. World's wettest tropical plain. | Amazon Basin |
| Top layer of a rain forest, where the tops of tall trees form a continuous layer of leaves | Canopy |
| Coastal desert that is so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded | Atacama Desert |
| Native to a place | Indigenous |
| The Maya's thrived here | Yucatan Peninsula |
| Refers to people of Native American and European descent | Mestizo |
| The movement of people from rural areas to cities | Urbanization |
| Mexico's largest megacity with a population of more than 19 million people. A primate city. The primary destination for most people who move within Mexico | Mexico City |
| A city with more than ten million people | Megacity |
| A city that dominates a country's economic, culture, and goverment, and in which population is concentrated; usually the capital | Primate city |
| Picture writing carved in stone | Glyphs |
| The Aztec civilizations capital in Central Mexico, it was built on an island in a large lake | Tenochtitlan |
| Floating farming islands made by the Aztec | Chinampas |
| Spanish term for "conqueror" referring to soldiers who conquered Native Americans in Latin America | Conquistador |
| Representative of the Spanish monarch appointed to enforce laws in colonial Latin America | Viceroys |
| A Latin American political leader from the late 1800's to the present day, often a military dictator | Caudillo |
| A blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | Syncretism |
| Faulty or inadequate nutrition | Malnutrition |
| Wall Painting | Murals |
| Picture or design made with small pieces of colored stone, glass, shell, or tile | Mosaics |
| Household made up of several generations of family members | Extended family |
| The island where the first permanent European settlement was founded in 1493 | Hispaniola |
| The movement of plants, animals, and infectious diseases between Europe and the Americas as Europeans claimed lands in the Americas for Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain | Columbian Exchange |
| Allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without sailing around the sourthern tip of South America. Human-made | Panama Canal |
| A soldier born to enslaved parents, who led a revolt of enslaved Africans in Haiti | Francois Toussaint-Louverture |
| A revolution in 1959 set up a communist state in Cuba under this man | Fidel Castro |
| Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica | Provinces of Central America |
| Local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group | Dialects |
| Dialect that blend elements of indigenous, European, African, and Asian languages | Patois |
| Family ruled by a woman such as a mother, grandmother, or aunt | Matriarchal |
| the former capital of Brazil, switched in 1960 in order to draw people away from the densely populated coast | Rio De Janeiro |
| The new capital of Brazil, a planned city in the country's interior | Brasilia |
| the loss of highly educated and skilled workers to other countries | Brain Drain |
| cities in wealthy neighborhoods, where houses are hidden behind gates or walls | Favelas |
| location of where four quarters met, and where the Inca's built their capital | Cuzco |
| "land of the four quarters". Name of the Incan empire | Tawantinsuyu |
| knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Inca to keep financial records | Quipu |
| A conquistador who sailed for Peru from the Spanish territory of Panama | Francisco Pizarro |
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