WG Latin America

Question 1

plateau in middle Mexico

Answer 1

Anahuac

Question 2

megacity

Answer 2

city with 10mil+ people

Question 3

glyphs

Answer 3

picture writing used by Mayans

Question 4

*guacho

Answer 4

cowboys/ranchers who lived and worked in Argentina and Uruguay

Question 5

cordillera

Answer 5

parallel mountain ranges

Question 6

llanos

Answer 6

grassland used for cattle ranching in Colombia and Venezuela

Question 7

urban slum

Answer 7

shantitown

Question 8

peninsula home to Mayan Empire

Answer 8

yucatan

Question 9

mestizo

Answer 9

mix or European and indigenous

Question 10

first independent country in Middle America

Answer 10

Haiti

Question 11

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Answer 11

Hispaniola

Question 12

syncretism

Answer 12

blending of beliefs and practices

Question 13

patois

Answer 13

blending of languages

Question 14

campesino

Answer 14

rural farmer

Question 15

countries that don’t border Brazil

Answer 15

Chile and Ecuador

Question 16

indigenous

Answer 16

descendents of the 1st inhabitants

Question 17

urbanization

Answer 17

migration from countrysides to cities

Question 18

primate city

Answer 18

dominates economics, culture and political affairs

Question 19

conquistador

Answer 19

conquerers (mainly of the Maya, Aztecs)

Question 20

viceroys

Answer 20

royally appointed officials

Question 21

murals

Answer 21

wall paintings

Question 22

mosaics

Answer 22

stone glass tile designs

Question 23

deforestation causes

Answer 23

slash and burn farming, cattle ranching, building HWYs, building communities

Question 24

slash and burn:

Answer 24

traditional techniques that leaves soil fertile temporarily

Question 25

slash and burn problems

Answer 25

soil loses nutrients, and another portion of land is burned. and government supports it because agriculture produces lots of money

Question 26

Rainforests

Answer 26

in tropics. 80 in rain, 20% lost

Question 27

Cattle problems

Answer 27

govt supports it; beef exported globally. cows need lots of space

Question 28

Why a trans-Amazon HWY?

Answer 28

populations centuries to grow. no route system to connect N, govt in need of jobs

Question 29

development

Answer 29

developing

Question 30

explain development

Answer 30

relies mainly on agriculture and is poor

Question 31

agricultural products

Answer 31

mainly coffee, sugar, bananas, cattle, and soybeans

Question 32

minifundia

Answer 32

- small plot of land - farmed by a campesino - rarely own their own land (mainly rented) - subsistance

Question 33

latifundia

Answer 33

- large - owned by wealthy - mainly owned by corporations - highly mechanized - commercial cash crops

Question 34

reason for urbanization

Answer 34

latifundias taking over minifundias

Question 35

urbanization repercussions

Answer 35

- getting more crowded - shantitowns - lots of maquiladora

Question 36

urban slum causes

Answer 36

lack of skill and education

Question 37

maquiladora:

Answer 37

japanese and US factories. polluting, low wages

Question 38

quipu

Answer 38

series of knotted cord of different colors and lengths

Question 39

atacama

Answer 39

desert. W of mtns in Chile

Question 40

Andes

Answer 40

S. America mtn range in W

Question 41

Pampas

Answer 41

plain on N border of Argentina

Question 42

Lake Titicaca

Answer 42

highest navigable lake in the world located on an altiplano on the border of Peru and Bolivia

Question 43

Occidental

Answer 43

West

Question 44

Oriental

Answer 44

East (right R's)

Question 45

3 regions of L America

Answer 45

Middle, Caribbean, South

Question 46

Lake Maracaibo

Answer 46

oil. largest in L. A. located in Venezuela

Question 47

Aztecs location

Answer 47

Central Mexico

Question 48

Aztecs known for

Answer 48

large monuments called chinanpas

Question 49

chinanpas

Answer 49

floating islands on stilts

Question 50

Mayans location

Answer 50

written language, math, astronomy

Question 51

impact of mountains

Answer 51

isolated communities, verticle zonation, tierra templada is most densely populated

Question 52

Caribbean regions

Answer 52

Greater, Lesser, Cuba

Question 53

PPU significance

Answer 53

trade, hydroelectric power

Question 54

Rio de la Plata

Answer 54

estuary

Question 55

creole

Answer 55

mix or European and African descent

Question 56

densely populated in

Answer 56

Anahuoc bc flat land and is urbanized and E. Coast bc of trade with Europe

Question 57

significance of Spain and Portugal

Answer 57

brought languages, religion (Catholicism)

Question 58

Incas

Answer 58

calendar, aquiduct, roads

Question 59

parts of verticle zonation

Answer 59

tierra fria, templada, caliente

Question 60

fria crops

Answer 60

wheat, beans, coffee, oats, potatoes

Question 61

templada crops

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cacao, corn, manioc, cotton

Question 62

caliente crops

Answer 62

pineapples, sugarcane, rice, bananas, cacao

Question 63

fria elevation

Answer 63

6,000-12,000 ft

Question 64

templada elevation

Answer 64

2,500-6,000 ft

Question 65

Most densely populated vertical zone

Answer 65

Tierra templada

Question 65

caliente elevation

Answer 65

sea level to 2,500 ft