Definitions
What is an "hacienda"?
Land divided - huge farms/ ranches
Sailed the ocean from Spain in 1492
Columbus
What different types of natural disasters occur because of plate tectonic movement?
Tsunami
Volcanoes
Sinkholes/landslides
Earthquakes
What is convergent?
Plates coming together to form mountains/volcanoes
Legal system where Indians were controlled by the Spanish
Encomienda system
Who were the Mayans and what did they create?
American Indian people -
calendar, mathematicians, astronomy, architecture
How does tourism benefit the Caribbean?
What is a negative effect of tourism?
Profitable income
Pollution
What is divergent?
Plates dividing/ separating
deforestation is
clearing land of trees
Fidel Castro was what kind of ruler for Cuba?
Dictator
What are some ways which farmers harm the environment?
How does deforestation harm the environment?
Pesticides end up in the water - kill fish - less food sources - cows drink the water - kill cows
It causes erosion and loss of habitats
What is transform?
Run past each other - earthquakes
Isthmus is
A strip of land that connects two lands
Who was part of the Triangular Trade?
What was their main export?
Europe - Caribbean - Africa
slaves
What is the ring of fire?
Where is the most active volcano?
Along the sides of the plate tectonics
In Guatemala - Volcan de Fuego
What are some effects of a hurricane in Haiti?
It is catastrophic.
People lose their homes, their agriculture/fruits/land
They are without clean water/energy/food
Diaspora is
emigrating and making money to spend back go one's home county
Who is a Meztiso?
Indian and Spanish mix