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