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