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