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