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