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Makes trade difficult
What are dense forests?
Due to European colonization, many Latin Americans practice this religion
What is Catholocism?
Most popular sport in Latin America
What is futbol (soccer)?
Lived in the Yucatan Peninsula and developed a calendar system
Who are the Mayans?
Leaders gaining unexplained wealth and enjoy privileges not afforded to the general population
What is government corruption?
Land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Latin America is made up of these three different cultures
What are Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans?
a Mexican celebration to honor the dead
What is Dia de los Muertos?
lived in northern Mexico and introduced irrigation
Who are the Aztecs?
This country has a command economy, where the government controls what is made
What is Cuba?
Creates a wall between the Pacific Ocean and South America
What are the Andes Mountains?
The most common spoken languages in Latin America
What is Spanish and Portuguese?
This type of architecture reflected the influence of Europe.
What are Gothic Cathedrals?
a complex society of people who lived in the Andes Mountains
Who are the Incas?
These brothers have had great power in communist Cuba since 1961
Who are the Castro brothers?
Many Central American countries have access to these oceans
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Painted murals to record the history of Mexico
Who is Diego Rivera?
a staple crop that spread to Europe due to colonization
What is a potato?
Making flat land on mountains in order to farm
What is terrace farming?
keeps world trade running smoothly by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
Provides the ability to export goods to other regions
What is the Amazon River?
statue in Brazil is a symbol of Christianity
What is Christ the Redeemer?
created paintings that reflected Mexican culture
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Europeans used these peoples as slaves to work on plantations
Who are Native Americans and Africans?
important industries in Latin America, especially Brazil
What is mining and agriculture?