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