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Latin America Vocabulary
Mexico
Carribbean
South America
Ancient Civilizations
100
These roads connected all parts of this ancient empire.
Why was the Inca road system important?
100
the climate like in Mexico's mountain valleys is described as......
What is humid?
100
This the official language in most of the Latin American countries?
What is Spanish?
100
These wide, grassy plains are located in Central Argentina
What are the Pampas
100
This was the first culture to develop in Southern Mexico?
Who are the Mayans?
200
a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
200
The mountain ranges in Mexico are
What is the Sierra Madre?
200
The Carribbean islands are divided into these two archipelagos
What is the Greater Antillies and the Lesser Antillies
200
In the recent years, this environmental issue has become a major concern in the Amazon Rainforest
What is deforestation
200
As a result this European country invasion into Mexico, most Mexicans speak Spanish
What is Spain?
300
an Argentina cowboy
What is a gaucho?
300
This body of water is east of Mexico?
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
300
This Carribbean island is not part of the Greater Antillies
What is Hispanola?
300
Due to the labor on these plantations, enslaved Africans were brought to Brazil
What are sugar plantations?
300
This mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
What are the Andes?
400
people of mixed descent with Spanish and native
What is a mestizos?
400
The ancient civilization was the first to develop in Mexico
What is the Maya?
400
This most common method of farming in the rain forest is the leading cause of deforestation in Latin America
What is slash and burn
400
This group of Europeans colonized Brazil
Who are the Portuguese?
400
As a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Brazil has huge _______________ population
What is Africa?
500
an area of illegal houses normally occupied by by poor people
What is a shantytown?
500
a trade aggreement between United States, Canada and Mexico to eliminate tariffs
What is NAFTA?
500
Due to the border of this nation, Northern Mexico is most affected by their culture.
What is the United States?
500
This is the official language of Brazil?
What is Portuguese?
500
Haiti and the Domincian Republic occupy this island
What is Hispanola?