History Test Chapter 7-9 Flashcards
height above sea level
altitude
group of islands
archipelago
umbrella like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rain forest
canopy
large festival held each spring in countries in Latin America on the last day before the Christian holy period called Lent
carnival
farm product grown of export
cash crop
Latin American ruler, often a military officer or wealthy individual ruling as a dictator
caudillo
an economic system in which the government controls a country’s economy
command economy
self governing territory
commonwealth
country whose government has a strong control over the economy and society as a whole
communist state
failure to make debt payments that are due to lender.
default
collection of different territories united under the rule of one government
empire
steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below
escarpment
an area where a river current and ocean time meet
estuary
an overcrowded city slum in Brazil
favela
human made fuel produce from mixing gasoline and alcohol made from sugarcane
gasohol
cowhand in Argentina
gaucho
system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
heiroglyphics
narrow stretch of land connecting 2 large land
isthmus
shiny stone that comes in many shades of green
jade
percentage of a country’s people who can read and write
literacy rate
tropical grassland that stretch through eastern Columbia and Venezuela
Ilanos
an early form of corn grown by native americans
maize
foreign owned factory in Mexico where workers assemble parts made in other countries.
maquiladora
in Latin America, a person of mixed Native American and European heritage
mestizo
a person who earns a living by temporarily moving to a place separate from is or her home in order to work.
migrant worker
movement of people
migration
large painting on a wall
mural
money owed by the government
national debt
hard black volcanic glass useful for making weapons
obsidian
treeless grassland of Argentina and Uraguay
pamps
language formed by combining parts of several different languages
pidgin language
a large farm
plantation
public square in Latin American city around which government buildings and major churches were built
plaza
dense stand of trees and other growth that receives high amounts of precipitation each year
rain forest
money sent back home by workers who leave their home country to work in other nations
remittance
Brazilian name for the amazonian rain forest
selva
mineral used in fertilizer and explosives
sodium nitrate
smaller area of a region
subregion
small plot of land on which a farmer grows only enough food to feed his or her family
subsistence farming
small river that flows into a larger river
tributary
area between the tropics of cancer and the tropics of capricorn which has generally warm temperatures it receives that direct rays of the sun for much of the year
tropics
mexican cowhand
vaquero
