Geography Vocab 1
cutting down trees to clear a forest for timber, farming or building.
Deforestation
how high a location is above sea level
Elevation
What are the native, or original, inhabitants of an area?
Indigenous
What is territory controlled by a country in another part of the world?
Colony
A system where the government owns and controls the country’s economy and usually limits personal freedoms of citizens as well
Communist/Communism
Who led the independence movement in Mexico to gain freedom from Spain?
Miguel Hidalgo
the percentage of people in a country who can read and write.
Literacy Rate
a narrow land bridge connecting two larger locations
Isthmus
What are Spanish conquerors of the Americas?
Conquistador
What is the term used to describe the lands in North and South America that the Europeans explored and colonized?
New World
Refusal to trade with another country
Embargo
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Khruschev
Measure of the quality of life in a country
Standard of Living
The region of the world between the latitudes 23°27' north and 23°27' south where the climate is warm and unchanging
Tropics
What is the name given to the trip slaves took from Africa to the Americas?
Middle Passage
What is the transfer of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas after Columbus's exploration?
Columbian Exchange
To resume a friendly relationship with another country
Normalize
President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
an area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages
Culture Region
part of a canal used to lower and raise ships to another level
Lock
What is the pattern of trading raw materials, finished products, and slaves between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular Trade
Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles trained by the United States to overthrow Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
A complete change of a country’s government, often by violent force or war
Revolution
Who conquered the Inca?
Who led the Inca?
Pizarro
Atahualpa
piles of animal skeletons that can create islands.
Coral
streams or rivers that flow into a larger river.
Tributary
What are Spanish plantations in Latin America for growing crops?
Hacienda
Someone who has been forced to move away from their native country, usually because of a disagreement with the government
Exile
A military action in which navy ships refuse to allow any other ships to enter a country without permission
Blockade
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Who led the Aztecs?
Cortes
Montezuma
Overthrowing the government
Coup
Dangerous 13-day period in which the United States faced down the Soviet Union who was installing nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
1. Who were the Native Americans who lived in Mexico?
2. Who were the Native Americans who lived in the Andes Mountains of Peru?
1. Aztecs
2. Incas
This Cuban dictator was removed from power in the Cuban Revolution.
Leader of the Cuban Revolution
Batista
Fidel Castro