A farm product grown for sale
A large painting on a wall
Mural
An area where trade barriers between countries are relaxed or lowered
Free-Trade Zone
A large farm
Plantation
Too much reliance
The money sent back to the homeland by people who have gone somewhere else to work
Remittance
A period of violent and sweeping change
Revolution
Maquiladora
The transfer of plants, animals, and people between Europe, Asia, and Africa on one side and the Americas on the other.
Columbian Exchange
A person who often rules a Latin American Country as a dictator and was generally a high-ranking military officer of a rich man
Caudillo
A traditional Jamaican style of music that uses complex drum rhythms
Reggae
A food that is eaten regularly
Staple
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
Isthmus
A Spanish explorer of the early Americas
Conquistador
A policy based on control of one country by another
Colonialism
Extra, more than needed
Surplus
Still capable of erupting but showing no signs of activity
Dormant
The warmest climate zone, located at lower elevations
Tierra Caliente
Describing a volcano that is no longer able to errupt
Extinct
A temperate climate zone, located at mid-level elevations
Tierra Templada
A colder climate zone, located at higher elevations
Tierra Fria
The two most common languages spoken in Latin America
Spanish and Portuguese
Frozen land
Tierra Helada
The largest Latin American country
Mexico