Vocabulary
Country Facts 1
Vocab 2
Geography Facts
Latin American People/Culture
100
____________ are large agricultural estates that are owned by wealthy elites or corporations.
What is Latifundia
100
CAFTA is a trade agreement between the United States and _______________.
What is Central American Countries
100
A high plateau encircled by mountains is called___________.
What is a cordillera
100
Which Latin American country has the largest oil reserves?
What is Venezuela
100
People of mixed Native American and Spanish ancestry are called __________.
What is mestizos
200
____________ are manufacturing plants located in free trade zones in Mexico.
What is Maquiladoras
200
What happened when Latin America had to reschedule its foreign loans?
What is The total amount of interest that countries had to pay increased.
200
___________ is electricity generated from falling water.
What is Hydroelectric power
200
In the mountains of Latin America, the most important determinant of climate and vegetation is _________.
What is altitude
200
With small areas and rapidly growing populations, ___________ contain(s) some of the most densely populated countries of Latin America.
What is the Caribbean islands
300
Technological and economic growth that does not destroy natural and human resources in a place is ___________.
What is sustainable development
300
What proportion of all plant and animal species on Earth live in tropical rain forests?
What is three-fourths
300
Sheep, llamas, and alpacas are grazed in South America in the __________ .
What is tierra helada
300
What physical features have kept some of Latin America’s people isolated?
What is great river systems
300
Where does most of the population of South America live?
What is near the coast
400
People from the countryside who cannot find jobs or adequate housing are forced to live in makeshift slums called ___________.
What is shantytowns
400
Rapid Urbanization often results in
What is environmental challenges and stressing of city services.
400
In a tropical rain forest, trees grow close together and form a dense layer of leaves called the ___________.
What is canopy
400
People who are descendants of a region’s first inhabitants are ______ people.
What is indigenous
400
Why has urbanization been a major challenge for Latin American countries?
What is Large numbers of people have moved to cities looking for better jobs.
500
Destruction of forests (for agriculture, industry, housing, etc...)
What is Deforestation
500
What effect has foreign debt had upon the economy of many Latin American countries?
What is It has hampered the ability of Latin American countries to fund social programs.
500
Most of the Andes were formed by the collision of which two tectonic plates?
What is South American and Pacific
500
To increase their farmland, Aztec farmers built “floating” fields called ________.
What is syncretism
500
Which language is dominant in most South American countries
What is Spanish
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