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The larger islands that include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico are known as the ________ ____________.
Greater Antilles
_______ and _______ is a technique used by native peoples of Latin America to clear fields to grow crops.
Slash and Burn
Latin America's _____ ranges from hot and humid to dry and desert-like.
Climate
The _____________ combines a Brazilian dance with African influences.
Samba
___________ is an important trade agreement that promotes the economic prosperity of Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
USMCA (NAFTA)
The _________ mountain range runs down the western coastline of South America.
Andes
Where is most of the South American rainforest located?
Brazil
Mexico and the Caribbean rely heavily on the ____________ industry for their economy.
Tourism
Spain and Portugal gained control of the land in South America as a result of the_____________ of _________________.
Treaty of Tordesillas
The legacy of ______________ has contributed to the income gap in Latin America.
colonialism
The largely undeveloped grassy area of the Amazon River is called the _______.
Cerrado
The ______ is the cattle grazing areas known for their gaucho culture.
Pampas
Which two cultures blended to shape the development of Mexico?
Natives and Spanish
The Portuguese brought Africans to the colony of Brazil to work on __________ plantations.
Sugar Plantations
Mexico is known for its magnificent architecture and 20th century ______ painting.
mural
________ del ___________ is the southernmost tip of Latin America.
Tierra Del Fuego
_____________ farming is the ancient technique used to grow crops on hillsides or mountain slopes
Terracing
_________________ was the name of the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
In 1929, the new political party that helped introduce democracy in Mexico was called the ______________ __________ party.
Industrial Revolution Party (PRI)
_______ for ___________ is the name of an agreement in which one partner agrees to pay off a part of a government debt, and the other partner agrees to protect a part of the rainforest
Debt for nature
The ______________ is the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela.
Llanos
The ________ built their civilization in the Andes Mountains by altering their environment.
Incas
_____________ was developed to make member economies more stable in South America.
Mercosur
Factories along the U.S. border that manufacture goods for export are called __________________.
Maquiladoras
After centuries of colonial rule, the transition to ___________ in Latin America has been slow and difficult.
democracy