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IGHS Winkels
World Geography Chapter 9-13 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| haciendas | large farms and ranches set up in the Americas by the Spanish |
| bauxite | The mineral that is used to make aluminum. |
| meztizos | People who have Spanish and American Indian ancestry |
| mulattoes | People with African and European ancestry |
| caudillos | Military dictators who rule Central American countries |
| archipelago | a large chain or group of isands often the tops of mountains chains, or formed from coral reef |
| reggae | a type of music prevalent in Jamaica and other islands of the Caribbean |
| cays | a small, low island or coral reef |
| El Nino | a warm ocean current off South America's northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns |
| Migrant workers | landless, jobless peasants who travel around to find jobs as farm laborers |
| Anchovies | small fish caught off the South American west coast near Peru |
| Favellas | slum areas in most Brazilian cities |
| deforestation | The process of cutting down the trees and vegetation for land development and the resources themselves |
| Quecha | the native language of the Incan Empire |
| Maquiladoras | large scale factories that sprang up along the border of the U.S. and Mexico |
| largest river system in South America | Amazon |
| largest natural lake in Central America | Nicaragua |
| two large oil producers in Latin America | Mexico and Venezuela |
| two countries located on the island of Hispaniola | Haiti and Dominican Republic |
| most populated country of South America | Brazil |
| most important constructed waterway in Latin America | Panama Canal |
| Belize gained its independence from | Great Britain |
| Festival or Carnival is celebrated in | Rio de Janeiro |
| The Bahamas is controlled by | Great Britain |
| The dominant Christian denomination of Latin America | Catholicism |
| Cancun and Cozamel are located | in the Yucatan peninsula |
| The first slaves after Columbus landed were | Natives |
| The #1 crop export from Brazil | Coffee |
| fastest growing city in the Western Hemisphere | Mexico City |
| The tribe Columbus came in contact with | Arawaks |
| 3 parts of Latin America | Central, South, Caribbean Islands |
| 5 cash crops of Central America | sugarcane, bananas, coffee, corn, beans |
| Poorest regions of Brazil's cities | Favellas/located on the outskirts of the city |
| 2 facts about Aztec culture | welcomed Cortez/killed Montezuma |
| 3 groups of islands in the Caribbean | Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, |
| 2 popular tourist areas in Mexico | Acapulco, Tijuana |
| 2 bodies of water connected by the Panama Canal | Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean |
| 2 most important careers in Mexico | Tourism, Agriculture |
| What is unique about Brasilia? | looks like a bow & arrow |
| national language of Brazil | Portuguese |
| 2 steps of a storm prior to becoming a hurricane | tropical depression, tropical storm |
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