6th Six Weeks Vocab.

Question 0

Define Altiplano

Answer 0

A high plain

Question 1

Define Cordillera

Answer 1

A mountain range that runs parallel to another mountain range

Question 2

Define Escarpment

Answer 2

A steep cliff or slope

Question 3

Define Llanos

Answer 3

Grassy plains of Columbia and Venezuela

Question 4

Define Pampas

Answer 4

Grassy plains of Argentina and Uruguay

Question 5

Define Gaucho

Answer 5

A cowhand on the Pampas

Question 6

Define Hydroelectric power

Answer 6

Electricity generated from the energy of water

Question 7

Define Indigenous

Answer 7

Descended from an area’s first inhabitants

Question 8

Define Dialect

Answer 8

A form of a language unique to a particular place

Question 9

Define Chinampas

Answer 9

Floating “islands” made from large rafts covered with mud

Question 10

Define Conquistador

Answer 10

A person who conquers

Question 11

Define Caudillo

Answer 11

An absolute dictator

Question 12

Define Viceroy

Answer 12

An official appointed by the Spanish royalty to rule a colony

Question 13

Define Service Industry

Answer 13

An industry that provides services rather than goods

Question 14

Define Cash Crop

Answer 14

A crop produced in large quantities to be sold or traded

Question 15

Define Developing Country

Answer 15

A country that is working toward greater use of manufacturing and technology

Question 16

Define Maquiladora

Answer 16

A foreign owned factory in Mexico

Question 17

Define North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Answer 17

An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that reduces trade restrictions among those countries

Question 18

Define Estuary

Answer 18

An area where the tide meets a river current

Question 19

Define Canopy

Answer 19

A continuous layer of leaves

Question 20

Define Tierra Caliente

Answer 20

Hot land

Question 21

Define Tierra Templada

Answer 21

Temperate land

Question 22

Define Tierra Fría

Answer 22

Cold land

Question 23

Define Patois

Answer 23

Dialects that blend elements of indigenous, European, African, and Asian languages

Question 24

Define Primate City

Answer 24

An urban area that dominates its country's economy, culture, and political affairs

Question 25

Define Glyph

Answer 25

A picture writing carved in stone

Question 26

Define Quipu

Answer 26

A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths, each knot representing a different item or number

Question 27

Define Syncretism

Answer 27

A blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into a single faith

Question 28

Define Extended Family

Answer 28

A household made up of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins as well as parents and children

Question 29

Define Malnutrition

Answer 29

A serious condition caused by a lack of proper food

Question 30

Define Mosaic

Answer 30

A picture or design made by setting small bits of colored stone, tile, or shell into cement

Question 31

Define Sustainable Development

Answer 31

Technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area

Question 32

Define Deforestation

Answer 32

The clearing or destruction of forests

Question 33

Define Slash and burn

Answer 33

Farming methods using cutting and burning of trees to enrich soil

Question 34

Define Reforestation

Answer 34

The planting of trees on land that has been stripped

Question 35

Define Shanty town

Answer 35

A makeshift community on the edge of a city

Question 36

Define Divide

Answer 36

A high point or ridge that determines the direction that rivers flow

Question 37

Define Headwaters

Answer 37

The source waters of a river

Question 38

Define Fall Line

Answer 38

A boundary that marks the place where higher land drops to lower land

Question 39

Define Timberline

Answer 39

The elevation above which trees cannot grow

Question 40

Define Chinook

Answer 40

A warm, dry wind that blows down the Rocky Mountains in late winter and early spring

Question 41

Define Prairie

Answer 41

A naturally treeless expanse of grasses

Question 42

Define Fishery

Answer 42

Place for catching fish and other sea animals

Question 43

Define Supercell

Answer 43

A violent spring and summer thunderstorm that causes a tornado

Question 44

Define Blizzard

Answer 44

A long severe snowstorm

Question 45

Define Tributary

Answer 45

A smaller brook, river or stream that connects with a large river

Question 46

Define Immigration

Answer 46

The movement of people into one country from another

Question 47

Define Sunbelt

Answer 47

The American south and southwest, named because of its mild climate

Question 48

Define Urbanization

Answer 48

The concentration of population in cities

Question 49

Define Metropolitan Area

Answer 49

A large urban center

Question 50

Define Suburb

Answer 50

An outlying community located near a city

Question 51

Define Megalopolis

Answer 51

A chain of closely linked metropolitan areas

Question 52

Define Native American

Answer 52

Descendants of the first immigrants to North America who probably came from Asia

Question 53

Define Mobility

Answer 53

The ability to move from place to place