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World Cultures Latin America
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1. The densely populated area that is surrounded by Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain ranges
Tenochtitlan
Mexican Plateau
Hydroelectric Power
Tierra Helada
2. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Syncretism
Tierra Fria
Hispaniola
Amazon River
3. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Puna
Tierra Fria
Yucatan Peninsula
Extended Family
4. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Mestizo
Hispaniola
Mato Grosso Plateau
Rio de la Plata
5. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Mosaics
Atacama Desert
Chinampas
Tierra Caliente
6. Royally appointed officials
Viceroys
Amazon River
Yucatan Peninsula
Amazon River
7. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Mexico
Rio Grande
Tierra Fria
Tierra Helada
8. 'Cold land -' Middle America's highest climate zone - where winter frosts are common but potatoes barely grow well there
Tierra Fria
Viceroys
Escarpment
Canopy
9. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Hydroelectric Power
Caudillo
Murals
Malnutrition
10. South America's inland grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
Pampas
Tierra Helada
Atacama Desert
Llanos
11. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Urbanization
Syncretism
Hydroelectric Power
Hispaniola
12. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Dialects
Conquistador
Rio de la Plata
Dialects
13. 'Cold land -' Middle America's highest climate zone - where winter frosts are common but potatoes barely grow well there
Megacities
Tierra Templada
Tierra Fria
Malnutrition
14. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Escarpment
Urbanization
Mestizo
Tierra Helada
15. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Megacities
Puna
Indigenous
Altiplano
16. The mountains in South America
Andes
Patois
Tierra Fria
Mato Grosso Plateau
17. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Malnutrition
Indigenous
Caudillo
Matriarchal
18. A big river in Middle America - which forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States
Hispaniola
Rio Grande
Altiplano
Mexico
19. Picture writings carved in stone
Glyphs
Pampas
Tierra Helada
Altiplano
20. Dense layer of leaves in the rain forest - caused due to trees growing so close together
Megacities
Dialects
Canopy
Brain Drain
21. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Tierra Helada
Indigenous
Canopy
Puna
22. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Hispaniola
Syncretism
Chinampas
Urbanization
23. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Matriarchal
Rio Grande
Tierra Caliente
Hispaniola
24. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Matriarchal
Murals
Brain Drain
Tierra Helada
25. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Escarpment
Cordilleras
Tierra Helada
Matriarchal
26. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Brain Drain
Patois
Syncretism
Atacama Desert
27. Cities with more than 10 million people
Hispaniola
Megacities
Hydroelectric Power
Urbanization
28. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Tenochtitlan
Brazilian Highlands
Conquistador
Rio Grande
29. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Mexico
Pampas
Rio Grande
Tierra Helada
30. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Amazon Basin
Dialects
Tenochtitlan
Atacama Desert
31. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Yucatan Peninsula
Rio Grande
Altiplano
32. Royally appointed officials
Amazon River
Andes
Extended Family
Viceroys
33. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Patois
Indigenous
Escarpment
Canopy
34. A big river in Middle America - which forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States
Rio Grande
Amazon Basin
Rio de la Plata
Amazon River
35. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Amazon Basin
Altiplano
Rio Grande
Mato Grosso Plateau
36. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Altiplano
Andes
Primate City
Patois
37. Several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another in the Andes
Amazon Basin
Cordilleras
Hispaniola
Atacama Desert
38. 'Temperate land -' the most densely populated of the zones - where coffee and corn are the main crops
Escarpment
Tierra Helada
Cordilleras
Tierra Templada
39. South America's inland grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela
Tierra Fria
Llanos
Mato Grosso Plateau
Glyphs
40. A blending of beliefs and practices
Caudillo
Mestizo
Syncretism
Canopy
41. Dictator
Caudillo
Tierra Caliente
Hydroelectric Power
Escarpment
42. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Canopy
Tierra Caliente
Patois
Hispaniola
43. Dictator
Yucatan Peninsula
Amazon Basin
Caudillo
Hydroelectric Power
44. 'Hot land -' between sea level and 2 -500 feet - where rain forests are common with bananas - sugar - rice - and cacao as main crops
Rio de la Plata
Llanos
Canopy
Tierra Caliente
45. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Atacama Desert
Amazon River
Syncretism
Murals
46. Dense layer of leaves in the rain forest - caused due to trees growing so close together
Viceroys
Canopy
Caudillo
Puna
47. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Rio Grande
Hydroelectric Power
Glyphs
Malnutrition
48. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Pampas
Yucatan Peninsula
Indigenous
Glyphs
49. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Yucatan Peninsula
Quipu
Extended Family
Mosaics
50. Capital of Mexico during the Aztec civilization
Murals
Matriarchal
Conquistador
Tenochtitlan