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World Cultures Latin America
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1. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Extended Family
Brazilian Highlands
Mosaics
Patois
2. 'Hot land -' between sea level and 2 -500 feet - where rain forests are common with bananas - sugar - rice - and cacao as main crops
Tierra Caliente
Tenochtitlan
Escarpment
Tierra Templada
3. Picture writings carved in stone
Primate City
Conquistador
Glyphs
Quipu
4. Royally appointed officials
Puna
Viceroys
Pampas
Syncretism
5. A blending of beliefs and practices
Syncretism
Primate City
Viceroys
Canopy
6. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Rio de la Plata
Matriarchal
Amazon River
Chinampas
7. A big river in Middle America - which forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States
Hydroelectric Power
Indigenous
Rio Grande
Brazilian Highlands
8. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Mestizo
Escarpment
Hispaniola
Puna
9. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Patois
Conquistador
Mosaics
Rio de la Plata
10. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Matriarchal
Mexico
Tierra Helada
Pampas
11. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Llanos
Tierra Templada
Tierra Helada
Chinampas
12. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Hydroelectric Power
Tierra Templada
Megacities
Matriarchal
13. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Mato Grosso Plateau
Mosaics
Tierra Helada
Dialects
14. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Primate City
Rio de la Plata
Tenochtitlan
Brazilian Highlands
15. Royally appointed officials
Escarpment
Viceroys
Brain Drain
Patois
16. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Tierra Fria
Altiplano
Amazon River
Extended Family
17. A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths
Quipu
Viceroys
Syncretism
Yucatan Peninsula
18. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Rio de la Plata
Caudillo
Mosaics
Tierra Fria
19. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Rio de la Plata
Chinampas
Atacama Desert
Mexican Plateau
20. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Hydroelectric Power
Matriarchal
Indigenous
Mexican Plateau
21. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Primate City
Urbanization
Megacities
Murals
22. Dense layer of leaves in the rain forest - caused due to trees growing so close together
Canopy
Amazon Basin
Mestizo
Megacities
23. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Mexico
Amazon Basin
Atacama Desert
Matriarchal
24. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Murals
Dialects
Primate City
Malnutrition
25. The first permanent European settlement founded on this island in 1493
Andes
Hispaniola
Altiplano
Brazilian Highlands
26. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Chinampas
Mexico
Llanos
Murals
27. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Tierra Helada
Chinampas
Mato Grosso Plateau
Mestizo
28. Capital of Mexico during the Aztec civilization
Viceroys
Tenochtitlan
Llanos
Viceroys
29. The densely populated area that is surrounded by Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain ranges
Hydroelectric Power
Rio de la Plata
Viceroys
Mexican Plateau
30. A condition caused by a lack of proper food
Tenochtitlan
Brazilian Highlands
Tierra Templada
Malnutrition
31. Means 'high plain -' located in Peru and Bolivia
Conquistador
Mato Grosso Plateau
Chinampas
Altiplano
32. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Quipu
Llanos
Indigenous
Amazon Basin
33. Cities with more than 10 million people
Cordilleras
Puna
Megacities
Viceroys
34. Wall paintings
Murals
Cordilleras
Tierra Helada
Mestizo
35. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Mexico
Hydroelectric Power
Caudillo
Altiplano
36. Location where the Maya - an indigenous group - thrived
Mestizo
Mosaics
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
37. South America's inland grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela
Megacities
Llanos
Canopy
Indigenous
38. Dictator
Caudillo
Amazon River
Mestizo
Hispaniola
39. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Canopy
Patois
Andes
Viceroys
40. A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths
Cordilleras
Megacities
Quipu
Caudillo
41. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Hydroelectric Power
Puna
Cordilleras
Rio de la Plata
42. 'Hot land -' between sea level and 2 -500 feet - where rain forests are common with bananas - sugar - rice - and cacao as main crops
Cordilleras
Mato Grosso Plateau
Tierra Fria
Tierra Caliente
43. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Viceroys
Dialects
Amazon River
Urbanization
44. Dictator
Caudillo
Conquistador
Glyphs
Amazon River
45. The densely populated area that is surrounded by Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain ranges
Matriarchal
Extended Family
Mexican Plateau
Llanos
46. A coastal desert so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded
Llanos
Atacama Desert
Glyphs
Mexican Plateau
47. Means 'high plain -' located in Peru and Bolivia
Primate City
Altiplano
Hydroelectric Power
Dialects
48. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Murals
Chinampas
Glyphs
Llanos
49. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Tierra Caliente
Rio Grande
Hydroelectric Power
50. Spanish for conqueror
Amazon Basin
Conquistador
Matriarchal
Tierra Helada