cylakes Geo Latin Am Word Scramble
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a savannah that has flat terrain and moderate rainfall which make is suitable for farming | Cerrados |
large, grassy, treeless area of South America | Llanos |
a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south-central South America | Pampas |
forest region located in teh Tropical Zone with a heavy concentration of different spoecies of broadleaf trees | rain forest |
a way of clearing fields for planting by cutting trees, brush, and grasses and burning them | slash and Burn |
an ancient technique for growing crops on hillside or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the hillside | terraced farming |
the basci support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, and communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education system | infrastructure |
a person of mixed heritage of Spanish and Native American culture | Mestizo |
a factory in Mexico that assembles imported materials into finished good for export | Maquiladoras |
North American Free Trade Agreement | Nafta |
place of origin of a major culture | Cultural Hearth |
Ship canal cut through Panama to make the exchange of goods quicker and more efficient between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans | Panama Canal |
a style of music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960'sand is rooted in African, Caribbean,and American music, often dealing with social problems and religion | reggae |
a style of music that began in Trinidad and combines elements from Africa, Spain, and the Carribean | calypso |
cutting down trees and forest | deforestation |
deal where an organization pays off governemnt debt for protection of the rain forest | debt-for-nature-swap |
a government run by generals after a military takeover | Junta |
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