Key Terms

Question 1

Plateau

Answer 1

A large raised area of mostly level land

Question 2

Isthmus

Answer 2

A strip of land that connects to larger bodies of land with water on both sides

Question 3

Pampas

Answer 3

Flat grasslands of South America

Question 4

Rain forest

Answer 4

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall all year round

Question 5

Tributary

Answer 5

A river or steam that flows into a larger river

Question 6

Elevation

Answer 6

The height above sea level

Question 7

Economy

Answer 7

The ways good and services are made available to people

Question 8

Moctezuma

Answer 8

Ruler of the Aztecs at the time spanish arrived

Question 9

Christopher Columbus

Answer 9

Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies

Question 10

Hernan Cortes

Answer 10

Conquerer of the Aztecs

Question 11

Francisco Pizzaro

Answer 11

Conquerer of Incas

Question 12

Export

Answer 12

Selling products outside of the country

Question 13

Emigrate

Answer 13

To move from one country to another to escape war or civil unrest

Question 14

Conquistador

Answer 14

Conquerer

Question 15

Import

Answer 15

To buy products from another country

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Immigrant

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A person who comes to a foreign country to make a new home

Question 17

Mestizo

Answer 17

A person of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage

Question 18

Dictator

Answer 18

A ruler of a country with complete power

Question 19

Toussaint L’ Ourverture

Answer 19

Person who led the rise for freedom in Haiti

Question 20

Migrant worker

Answer 20

A farmer who travels to pick the crops that are in season

Question 21

Plaza

Answer 21

The center of a town

Question 22

Ladino

Answer 22

Mestizo who is descended from native Americans and Spaniards

Question 23

Land Reform

Answer 23

The effort to distribute land more fairly and equally

Question 24

Strike

Answer 24

A refusal to not work until certain demands are met

Question 25

Lock

Answer 25

A system of raising and lowering ships to move them across a obstacle

Question 26

Ecotourism

Answer 26

Traveling to become more aware of the earth and becoming more eduacated

Question 27

Fidel Castro

Answer 27

Cuban communist rebellion leader and politician

Question 28

Communism

Answer 28

A government where all wealth is distributed equally

Question 29

Ally

Answer 29

A country who helps another country

Question 30

Exile

Answer 30

Someone who left Cuba to come to the US

Question 31

Citizen

Answer 31

A person belonging to a country

Question 32

Commonwealth

Answer 32

An independent country which is owned by another country