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