Latin America Flashcards
A savannah with moderate rainfall and flat terrain, used to farm
Cerrado
Llamos
Southern American grasslands. Good for farming
A vast area of grassland and rich soil in south-central Latin America
Pampas
Venezuelan river that is a part of south America’s Northern most river system
Orinoco River
Second longest river in world. 4000 miles. Dumps in Atlantic. 1/3 of South America’s major water supply.
Amazon river
1/3 of south Americas water system, 3000 miles, In Brazilian mountains.
Paraná mountain
A forest region located in the Tropical zone with heavy concentrations of life
Rain forest
A way to clear fields by cutting them, then burning them
Slash and burn
Ancient farming technique. Involves hillsides and step like cuts in slope
Terraced Farming
Factor that causes people to leave home
Push factor
The factor that draws people to another region
Pull factor
Basic support systems to keep an economy going.
Infrastructure
Conquering of Native Americans by Spanish
Spanish conquest
Ancient Aztec city, now Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Political party in Mexico 1929
PRI
A factory in Mexico that assembles imported items into useable materials to export
Maquiladora
Important trade agreement creating cooperation in NA
NAFTA
The orgin of a culture
Cultural hearth
The name of Centrql America after they declared independence from Mexico in 1823
United provinces of Central America
Ship canal cut through panama connecting carribian sea to Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Jamaican music
Reggae
Language of the Incans
Quechua
Treaty between Spain and Portugal over what is now Brazil
Treaty of Tordesillaw
Most colorful feast in Brazil
Carnival
