Unit 3 Vocab

Question 0

Steep-sided depressions that form when roof of caves collapse

Answer 0

Sinkholes

Question 1

Narrow strip of land with water on either side connecting 2 large lands

Answer 1

Isthmus

Question 2

Spanish conquerors of foreign lands during the colonial era

Answer 2

Conquistadors

Question 3

Large Spanish colonial estates usually owned by wealthy families but worked by many peasants

Answer 3

Haciendas

Question 4

Open space in towns in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, often in front of a church

Answer 4

Plaza

Question 5

People of mixed European and American Indian ancestry

Answer 5

Mestizos

Question 6

A leader who rules with almost absolute authorities

Answer 6

Dictator

Question 7

Crops grown for sale in market

Answer 7

Cash crops

Question 8

Special factories in Mexico owned mainly by American companies

Answer 8

Maquiladoras

Question 9

Native to an area

Answer 9

Indigenous

Question 10

People with both African and European ancestry

Answer 10

Mulattoes

Question 11

Type of tree from which we get cocoa beans

Answer 11

Cacao

Question 12

A chain of high plateaus in the Guiana highlands

Answer 12

Tepuís

Question 13

The line of elevation above which trees do not grow

Answer 13

Tree line

Question 14

Rock or sand layers that contain oil

Answer 14

Tar sands

Question 15

Large estates in South America

Answer 15

Latifundia

Question 16

Small country between 2 larger, more powerful countries

Answer 16

Buffer state

Question 17

Change of government caused by a group taking control by force

Answer 17

Coup

Question 18

Tropical plant with starchy roots

Answer 18

Manioc

Question 19

Small South American farms created when large colonial estates were broken up

Answer 19

Minifundia

Question 20

Large slums around Brazilian cities

Answer 20

Favelas

Question 21

Having no coast on the ocean

Answer 21

Landlocked

Question 22

The use of fear and violence as a political force

Answer 22

Terrorism