Population Patterns
History
Empires to Nations
Cultures
Key Terms
100
Where most of the people in South America live.
What are the coasts?
100
Built floating islands used for farming.
Who are the Aztec?
100
Venezuelan revolutionary leader
Who is Simon Bolivar?
100
Popular sport in Mexico and Cuba
What is jai alai?
100
wall painting
What is a mural?
200
Source of wealth for European home countries.
What are Latin American colonies?
200
Highly skilled in mathematics.
Who are the Mayans?
200
When most Latin American countries gained independence.
What is the 1800s?
200
Painted murals depicting the struggles of the poor in Mexico.
Who is Diego Rivera?
200
picture by setting small stones or tiles into mortar
What is a mosaic?
300
immigrant nations
What are Argentina and Uruguay?
300
Three Native American empires.
What are the Maya, Aztec, and Inca?
300
claimed parts of the Americas for Spain.
What is a conquistador?
300
Best known festival of Latin America.
What is Carnival?
300
Dictator
What is a caudillo?
400
Dominates a country's economy and government.
What is a primate city?
400
Knotted cords the Inca used for keeping records
What is quipu?
400
Official religion of the Spanish Colonies.
What is Catholicism?
400
Plays a very important role in everyday life.
What is religion?
400
Form of language unique to a particular group.
What is dialect?
500
Direction most Latin Americans move when migrating.
What is north to the United States?
500
Established their civilization in the Andes Mountains.
Who are the Inca?
500
One example of syncretism.
What is voodoo, condomble, or santeria?
500
Very important role of moral upbringing of a child
What are godparents?
500
Governing official appointed by the king
What is a viceroy?
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