Tour
The three sub-regions of Latin America
Central America
Caribbean Islands
South America
The four BRIC countries
Brazil
Russia
India
China
The way people select their government officials in democratic societies
Voting
Altars used to honor the dead during the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos
Ofrendas
The three categories, or reasons, when discussing population density
Physical Geography
Economics
History
The only country created by slaves
Haiti
A person who has both Spanish and Native American ancestry
Mestizo
A form of government that includes a president
Republic
The belief that plants, animals, inanimate objects, and events have spirits
Animism
The physical geographic reason why central Brazil has a low population density
Amazon Basin/Rainforest
Cuba has this type of government
Totalitarian
The three main reasons for Spanish colonization
Find riches like gold and silver
Convert locals to Christianity
Settle the land
An economic policy that halts trade between two countries, commonly used to place diplomatic pressure on countries
Embargo
Yoruba was spread to Latin America by this group of people
Slaves from West Africa
An economic and/or physical geographic reason for the U.S.-Mexico border having population centers
Economic - NAFTA
Physical Geography - Rio Grande River
A country taking control of an industry or company
Nationalization
The three main languages of Latin America
French
Spanish
Portuguese
A form of government where power is divided between federal and state governments
Dia de los Muertos is associated with this major religion
Roman Catholicism
A historical reason for many of the Caribbean Islands having a high population density
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The main economic resource in the Caribbean Islands
Tourism
Deforestation in the Amazon was mostly accredited to the production of...
Sugar cane to produce ethanol
A form of government that includes a prime minister
Parliamentary Government
VooDoo is a religion created through the blending of these two religions
Roman Catholicism and Yoruba
A trend seen in tropical regions; increasing in elevation results in this
Higher population density