Vocabulary
A trade agreement between the US, Mexico, and Canada.
NAFTA
Plates of the earth's crust that have collided for millions of years and caused the rugged landscape of Latin America
Ring of Fire
Skilled in mathematics; Number system based on 20l a symbol for zero
Mayan
TRUE OR FALSE: South American inland areas are the most populated due to climate, fertile land, and transportation
FALSE, Costal edges ("Populated Rim") are most populated
Largest river in South America?
Amazon
Large estates owned by families or corporations
Latifundia
Three regions of Latin America
Middle America, Caribbean, and South America
No written language, storytelling to pass information to generations
Inca
Largest religion in Latin America
Roman Catholicism
What area does Latin America refer to?
North Mexico/Southern US to Argentina
Overcrowded cities or cities nor prepared for the huge influx of people
Over-Urbanization
Worlds largest rainforest
The Amazon Basin (The Amazon)
Crops of beans and maize built on chinampas
Aztecs
Primary language of Latin America
Spanish
Where is most of the Latin American population located?
Brazil
"strong men;" military rules paid by landowners for protection; ex: Fidel Castro
Caudillos
Latin America lies between these two tropics
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Created a calendar of +365 days a year which we still use today.
Mayan
Push or Pull: Economic opportunity, living conditions, political freedom, escape from political persecution
PULL factors to the U.S.
Most well known Caudillo; led the Cuban Revolution of 1959
Fedel Castro
Makeshift homes; often for poor or impoverished
Shanty Towns
True or false: The higher the elevation the more the temperature decreases
TRUE
Ruled by an emperor and built irrigation systems, temples, and fortresses
Inca
Small but densely populated due to the desire to live there
The Caribbean Islands
Mexico