Term | Definition |
Conquistadors | Names for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in American for Spain. |
Caudillos | A Latin American military directer. |
Cultural Convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another |
Pampas | A grassland region in Argentina and Uaguay |
Cay | A small low island or coral reef. |
Coral | The rock like skeletons of tiny sea animals. |
Tropical storm | Storm with winds of at least 39 miles per hour |
Hurricane | A destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic ocean, usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of at least 74 miles per hour |
El Nino | A warm ocean current off South Americas northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns. |
Canopy | The uppermost layer of a forest where tree branches meet. |
Mestizo | A person of mixed European and native american heritage. |
Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ansestry |
Plateau | A area of high flat land. |
Peninsula | A strip of land that juts into an ocean. |
Irrigation | The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers. |
Sinkhole | A hole formed when limestone is dissolved, causing the land above to collapse. |
Hacienda | A large Spanish-owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch |
Land Redistribution | A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none. |
Ejido | |
Subsistence Farming | |
Latifundio | |
Cash Crop | |
Migrant Worker | |
NAFTA | |
Maquioadora | |