Latin America Vocab

Question 0

steps of flat land up the side of a mountain

incan invention

Answer 0

terraced farming

Question 1

sustainable form of agriculture where the trees in one small area of land are cut down and burned

Answer 1

slash and burn agriculture

Question 2

brought together country’s governmental, military, and agricultural leaders in a program of socioeconomic reform

Answer 2

institutional revolutionary party

pri

Question 3

mixture of european and indian ancestry

Answer 3

mestizo

Question 4

to come to a country of which one is not native

Answer 4

immigration

Question 5

to leave a country or region to settle in another

Answer 5

emigration

Question 6

export assembly plant (mexico)

Answer 6

maquiladora

Question 7

connects atlantic/pacific oceans
tiny area of water where boats pass through
45 mi long

Answer 7

panama canal

Question 8

part of economy that’s not taxed or monitored by the gov

Answer 8

informal economy

Question 9

split s america into two areas of influence
modern day brazil = portuguese
everything else = spanish

Answer 9

treaty of tordesillas

Question 10

different varieties/species of plants/animals

Answer 10

biodiversity

Question 11

cutting down of trees in a large area

Answer 11

deforestation

Question 12

pollution getting trapped in the atmosphere, trapping the suns heat causing planet to warm

Answer 12

global warming

Question 13

bolivia said they’d stop deforestation if nature groups would help pay off their debt

Answer 13

debt-for-nature swap

Question 14

gov controlled by a few powerful leaders

Answer 14

oligarchy

Question 15

gov run by a few powerful military leaders

Answer 15

junta

Question 16

one military dictator

Answer 16

caudillo

Question 17

change in the way land is held or owned (purposefully)

Answer 17

land reform

Question 18

unequal distribution of income in an economy

Answer 18

income gap

Question 19

like nafta
a free trade agreement
southern core common market

Answer 19

mercosur