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World Cultures Latin America
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1. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Hispaniola
Syncretism
Tierra Templada
Brain Drain
2. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Rio de la Plata
Canopy
Brazilian Highlands
Mato Grosso Plateau
3. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Canopy
Extended Family
Caudillo
Atacama Desert
4. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Mato Grosso Plateau
Rio Grande
Primate City
Tierra Caliente
5. Dense layer of leaves in the rain forest - caused due to trees growing so close together
Patois
Syncretism
Canopy
Brain Drain
6. Picture writings carved in stone
Glyphs
Patois
Megacities
Brazilian Highlands
7. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Brain Drain
Mato Grosso Plateau
Amazon River
Extended Family
8. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Yucatan Peninsula
Patois
Tierra Caliente
9. Cities with more than 10 million people
Mosaics
Escarpment
Megacities
Murals
10. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Extended Family
Syncretism
Conquistador
Escarpment
11. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Tierra Fria
Llanos
Brazilian Highlands
Tierra Templada
12. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Quipu
Brazilian Highlands
Altiplano
Extended Family
13. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Extended Family
Puna
Conquistador
Tierra Helada
14. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Syncretism
Mexico
Amazon Basin
Mexican Plateau
15. Royally appointed officials
Syncretism
Viceroys
Patois
Mexico
16. South America's inland grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela
Llanos
Rio de la Plata
Tenochtitlan
Tierra Templada
17. A blending of beliefs and practices
Murals
Syncretism
Mosaics
Altiplano
18. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Mato Grosso Plateau
Rio de la Plata
Yucatan Peninsula
Amazon River
19. A condition caused by a lack of proper food
Malnutrition
Mosaics
Syncretism
Tenochtitlan
20. Capital of Mexico during the Aztec civilization
Matriarchal
Extended Family
Tenochtitlan
Syncretism
21. Dictator
Canopy
Llanos
Tierra Helada
Caudillo
22. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Brain Drain
Canopy
Conquistador
Rio de la Plata
23. 'Temperate land -' the most densely populated of the zones - where coffee and corn are the main crops
Matriarchal
Tierra Templada
Mexico
Cordilleras
24. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Chinampas
Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert
Rio de la Plata
25. Dictator
Mestizo
Caudillo
Extended Family
Amazon Basin
26. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Indigenous
Primate City
Altiplano
Patois
27. Several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another in the Andes
Andes
Hispaniola
Cordilleras
Llanos
28. 'Cold land -' Middle America's highest climate zone - where winter frosts are common but potatoes barely grow well there
Mexican Plateau
Hydroelectric Power
Quipu
Tierra Fria
29. The mountains in South America
Puna
Pampas
Andes
Chinampas
30. 'Hot land -' between sea level and 2 -500 feet - where rain forests are common with bananas - sugar - rice - and cacao as main crops
Dialects
Tierra Caliente
Indigenous
Chinampas
31. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Mexico
Brain Drain
Primate City
Tierra Fria
32. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Murals
Amazon River
Yucatan Peninsula
Puna
33. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Patois
Amazon River
Tierra Templada
Glyphs
34. A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths
Dialects
Mexican Plateau
Quipu
Matriarchal
35. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Mosaics
Mato Grosso Plateau
Viceroys
Mestizo
36. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Dialects
Caudillo
Tierra Templada
Hydroelectric Power
37. The mountains in South America
Murals
Andes
Hydroelectric Power
Yucatan Peninsula
38. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Extended Family
Patois
Mestizo
Cordilleras
39. The first permanent European settlement founded on this island in 1493
Tierra Templada
Dialects
Tierra Helada
Hispaniola
40. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Pampas
Brain Drain
Hydroelectric Power
Murals
41. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Yucatan Peninsula
Matriarchal
Mestizo
Murals
42. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Altiplano
Mexican Plateau
Mestizo
Hydroelectric Power
43. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Canopy
Tierra Caliente
Dialects
Urbanization
44. Wall paintings
Murals
Tenochtitlan
Caudillo
Tierra Fria
45. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Escarpment
Conquistador
Tierra Fria
Amazon Basin
46. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Puna
Andes
Chinampas
Rio Grande
47. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Primate City
Altiplano
Glyphs
Tierra Helada
48. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Dialects
Caudillo
Mosaics
Cordilleras
49. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Syncretism
Mato Grosso Plateau
Malnutrition
Extended Family
50. South America's inland grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
Dialects
Hydroelectric Power
Pampas
Primate City