Latin America Vocab Flashcards
isthmus
a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
caudillo
a military or political leader.
hacienda system
one of the landownership systems employed by the Spanish empire in the Americas.
slash-and-burn
growing food in forested land that is clear cut and any remaining vegetation is burned.
guerilla warefare
irregular military actions carried out by small usually independent forces.
emigrate
leave ones country in order to settle in another.
infrastructure
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
maquiladoras
factories that are largely duty and tariff-free.
patois
a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect.
archipelgo
a group of islands
Tierra Del Fuego
the southernmost tip of Latin America.
Columbian Exchange
introduced new resources, plants, and diseases to the new world.
panama canal
allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
