Vocabulary
Geography
Climate
People
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100
The movement of people from one place to another.
Immigration.
100
Latin America is located totally within the...
Western Hemisphere.
100
The soil in the farmland in Mexico and Central America is made fertile by...
Volcanic Ash.
100
One of the conquerors who claimed and ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish government in the 1500s...
Conquistadors.
100
A Mexican factory that assembles parts to make products for export are...
Maquiladoras.
200
Pertaining to city life.
Urban.
200
Some Caribbean islands are formed from the tops of underwater mountains while others are formed from...
the skeletons of tiny sea animals.
200
The types of crops grown by farms in the Andes in influenced in large part by...
Elevation.
200
Descendants of the people who first lived in a region can be described as...
Indigenous.
200
One of the uses of rivers in Central America is to produce...
Hydroelectricity.
300
Pertaining to country life.
Rural.
300
All of the following are regions of Latin America except:
The United States and Canada.
300
One statement that can be made about climate in Latin America is that throughout the region it is...
Different from place to place.
300
These two things are considered accomplishments of the Incas...
Roads and Aqueducts.
300
All of the following are foods or animals that came to Europe from the Americas except...
Horses.
400
Why people move from place to place.
Push/Pull Theory.
400
The long mountain chain that runs along the west coast of South America is called the...
Andes Mountains.
400
To reduce their reliance on one natural resource or crop, many Latin American nations have begun to...
Diversify their economies.
400
All of the following contributed to the Spanish victory over the Aztecs except...
The Spanish had more soldiers
400
A main reason why Mexicans and Central Americans emigrate to the United States is to...
Find jobs.
500
An agreement between Portugal and Spain dividing Latin America at 50 degrees west longitude.
Treaty of Tordesillas.
500
Brazil was once a colony of this European country...
Portugal.
500
One effect of rapid urbanization in Mexico is...
Shortage of Housing.
500
This country had the greatest effect on Latin American culture...
Spain.
500
While workers on small farms generally grow just enough to meet their needs, on large farms, workers grow enough crops to...
Export.
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