Key Terms I
a celebration before Lent that occurs once a year
What is Carnival?
the Caribbean islands
What are the West Indies?
Most people of the Caribbeans are descendants of this ethnic group.
What are Africans?
The main language of 6 out of 7 Central American countries as well as Mexico.
What is Spanish?
The largest country in South America
What is Brazil?
people who share the same ancestry, language religion, or traditions
What is an ethnic group?
grow enough crops to feed your family
What is subsistence farming?
This music usually has political messages in its lyrics.
What is Reggae?
Most people of Mexico and Central America identify themselves as part of this religion.
What is Catholic?
Home to more Japanese than any other place in the world except Japan.
What is Sao Paulo?
leave a country to live in another
What is emigrate?
people who come into a country to make a new home
What are immigrants?
The natives who were the first to live on the Caribbean islands.
Who were the Ciboney?
The majority of the people live in this area in Mexico and Central America.
What is urban or cities?
Andean countries of South Amerca
What are Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru?
poor Latin American farmers or farm workers
What are campesinos?
cowboys of the pampas of Argentina
What are gauchos?
The island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
What is Hispaniola?
These are the reasons that thousands of Middle Americans are moving from the countryside to cities.
What is rapid population growth and a shortage of jobs?
The majority of the people who live in the Andes are descendants of this ethnic group.
What are the Native Americans?
descendants of the first people who lived in a region
What are indigenous people?
a factory in Mexico that assembles parts to make products for export
What is a maquiladora?
The Caribbean islands stretch from the waters off the coast of Florida to here.
What is the northeast coast of South America?
The art of Mexico reflects these cultures.
What are the Spanish and Native American cultures?
This is how someone can describe the culture of South America.
What is a blend of many ethnic groups?