people in the new world that were born in Spain
Who are Peninsulares?
Rivers or streams that flow into a larger body of water?
What is a tributary?
A culture that has developed systems of government, religion, and learning.
What is a civilization?
people, goods, and ideas moving from one place to another
What is movement?
an object that lists and explains the symbols and colors on a map
What is a key/legend?
Spanish people born in the Americas
Who are Criollos?
A warm Pacific Ocean current that affects weather patterns.
What is El Nino?
Written language using symbols.
What are hieroglyphs?
an area with physical and cultural characteristics in common
What is a region?
something that compares a unit of length on a map and a unit of distance on Earth
What is a scale?
a person who had one Native American parent and the other is Spanish
Who is a Mestisos?
floating garden
What is a chinampa?
the beliefs, customs, laws, art, and way of living that a group, of people share
What is culture?
The study of people, places, and the environment.
What is geography?
What is the Prime Meridian?
a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps used to stop erosion
What are terraces?
a community of people united by common history, culture, or language
What is a nation?
representation on a map of the natural elevations
What is topography?