Show:
Physical Geography
Population Patterns
History/ Government
Environment
Culture
100
The mountains located along the western edge of South America are the
What is Andes.
100
Many rural migrants in Latin America are forced to live in ____________________ when they reach the city.
What are shantytowns
100
The Native American empires of Latin America were the
What is Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
100
Farmers in the Amazon Basin clear the land using a technique called __________ in which all plants are cut down and set on fire.
What is slash-n-burn
100
A ____________________ is artwork that is painted directly onto a wall.
What is mural
200
A(n) ____________________ is a place where an ocean tide meets a river current.
What is estuary
200
About the percentage of Mexico’s population is urban
What is 75%
200
ongoing problem are many countries in Central America and the Caribbean struggling to end
What is corrupt politics
200
Latin American governments use satellite imaging to help
What is forecast hurricanes
200
___________ is celebrated in the week before the Roman Catholic observance of Lent.
What is carnival
300
hot summers, cool winters, and light rainfall is this climate.
What is steppe
300
Africans first came to the Caribbean as
What were slaves
300
When did most Latin American countries gain their independence
What is the 1800s
300
large, mechanized farms
What is latifundia
300
The blending of beliefs and practices from different religions is called
What is syncretism
400
The eastern highlands of South America plunge to the Atlantic Ocean, forming a steep slope called a(n)
What is escarpment.
400
a city with more than 10 million people
What is megacity
400
Farmland in Latin America has been unevenly distributed between wealthy landowners and _________ for hundreds of years.
What is campesinos
400
some of Latin America’s agricultural exports
What is bananas, sugarcane, coffee
400
Picture writings carved in stone are called
What is glyphs
500
two vertical climate zones are located above the tree line
What is tierra helada and puna
500
The reason why have many people who lived in rural Mexico migrated to urban areas of the country
What is limited agricultural land
500
NAFTA reduced trade restrictions among these countries
What is US, Canada, and Mexico
500
The area surrounding Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela contains rich deposits of
What is oil
500
Voodoo is a religion practiced in which Caribbean countries
What is Haiti