Vocabulary
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When people leave the rural area and move to the city for economic reasons.
What is rural decline?
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small and private, communal lands (ejidos), and large commercial farms.
What are the 3 types of farms in Mexico?
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the tropical zone
What is the zone the Carribean Islands lie in?
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4,500 miles
What is the length of the Andes Mountains?
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Spanish led by Cortez.
What is the nationality that took over the Aztecs and who led them?
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A way to clear farmland by slashing and burning.
What is the Slash and Burn method?
200
guatemala and mexico
Where do most of the mayan descendants live today?
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A person who cuts in trees to make rubber.
What is a rubber tapper?
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sea level to 3,000 ft
What is the range of Tierra Caliente?
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Subsistance.
What type of farmers are the Mayans?
300
Great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces.
What is a natural disaster?
300
Mexico City
What is the city that is built on the site of the Aztec Capital?
300
Eye, Eye wall, Rainbands
What are the 3 parts of a storm?
300
Tierra templada
Which elevation zone is also known as, "the land of eternal spring"?
300
Tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane.
What are the steps a storm must go through to be a hurricane.
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A disagreement over how to use land.
What is land use conflict
400
Christianity
What is the religion that the Spanish brought to the Maya?
400
Their cattle need grassland to graze.
Why do cattle ranchers like clear cutting?
400
Altiplano is a high plateau in Tierra Fria.
What is Altiplano and where is it located
400
forest floor, lower story, canopy
What are the levels of the Rainforest?
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The creation of flat areas on mountain slopes for the purpose of farming.
What is terracing
500
People who keep track of the calendar.
What are the daykeepers?
500
Winds that constantly blow in one direction
What are prevailing winds?
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Trade between the higher and lower elevation groups.
What is vertical trade?
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Quechua and Aymara.
What are the two main groups in Trierra Fria?
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