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World Cultures Latin America
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1. South America's inland grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela
Amazon River
Tenochtitlan
Mexico
Llanos
2. Capital of Mexico during the Aztec civilization
Glyphs
Hydroelectric Power
Tenochtitlan
Conquistador
3. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Mato Grosso Plateau
Atacama Desert
Patois
Brain Drain
4. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Amazon River
Mexican Plateau
Dialects
Glyphs
5. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Glyphs
Mato Grosso Plateau
Tierra Caliente
Urbanization
6. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Altiplano
Amazon River
Rio Grande
Escarpment
7. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Glyphs
Escarpment
Urbanization
Amazon Basin
8. The mountains in South America
Andes
Rio Grande
Puna
Primate City
9. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Puna
Tierra Helada
Megacities
Rio de la Plata
10. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Brain Drain
Mosaics
Andes
Indigenous
11. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Murals
Tierra Fria
Yucatan Peninsula
Brazilian Highlands
12. The mountains in South America
Andes
Tenochtitlan
Tierra Fria
Brazilian Highlands
13. Location where the Maya - an indigenous group - thrived
Dialects
Yucatan Peninsula
Altiplano
Tierra Fria
14. Picture writings carved in stone
Rio de la Plata
Primate City
Tierra Fria
Glyphs
15. A blending of beliefs and practices
Matriarchal
Amazon Basin
Hydroelectric Power
Syncretism
16. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Tierra Helada
Syncretism
Indigenous
Viceroys
17. Capital of Mexico during the Aztec civilization
Tenochtitlan
Indigenous
Mexico
Canopy
18. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Brain Drain
Malnutrition
Chinampas
Canopy
19. South America's inland grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
Amazon River
Pampas
Tierra Helada
Syncretism
20. The first permanent European settlement founded on this island in 1493
Syncretism
Hispaniola
Tierra Helada
Urbanization
21. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Tierra Fria
Andes
Tierra Helada
Megacities
22. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Yucatan Peninsula
Cordilleras
Mosaics
Primate City
23. Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile
Chinampas
Pampas
Indigenous
Mosaics
24. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Indigenous
Urbanization
Extended Family
Matriarchal
25. Means 'high plain -' located in Peru and Bolivia
Quipu
Altiplano
Tierra Caliente
Dialects
26. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Llanos
Escarpment
Murals
Quipu
27. Dense layer of leaves in the rain forest - caused due to trees growing so close together
Puna
Canopy
Tierra Helada
Matriarchal
28. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Megacities
Dialects
Matriarchal
Conquistador
29. South America's inland grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela
Hispaniola
Llanos
Canopy
Mato Grosso Plateau
30. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Amazon Basin
Brain Drain
Mestizo
Canopy
31. The 'River of Silver -' which flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Murals
Rio de la Plata
Extended Family
Mosaics
32. Location where the Maya - an indigenous group - thrived
Puna
Indigenous
Yucatan Peninsula
Canopy
33. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Mato Grosso Plateau
Tierra Caliente
Amazon Basin
Extended Family
34. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Amazon River
Mexican Plateau
Hydroelectric Power
35. 'Temperate land -' the most densely populated of the zones - where coffee and corn are the main crops
Rio de la Plata
Tierra Templada
Brain Drain
Mestizo
36. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Hydroelectric Power
Viceroys
Mestizo
Matriarchal
37. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Conquistador
Extended Family
Puna
Rio Grande
38. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Rio Grande
Amazon River
Extended Family
39. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Quipu
Tierra Helada
Matriarchal
Viceroys
40. A big river in Middle America - which forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States
Rio Grande
Extended Family
Hispaniola
Llanos
41. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Andes
Hydroelectric Power
Tierra Templada
Llanos
42. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Brazilian Highlands
Mexico
Syncretism
Tenochtitlan
43. Spanish for conqueror
Mexican Plateau
Amazon River
Conquistador
Quipu
44. Cities with more than 10 million people
Atacama Desert
Patois
Amazon Basin
Megacities
45. Several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another in the Andes
Cordilleras
Tierra Helada
Syncretism
Tenochtitlan
46. The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas
Mexican Plateau
Urbanization
Rio de la Plata
Andes
47. A blending of beliefs and practices
Viceroys
Matriarchal
Syncretism
Rio de la Plata
48. Several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another in the Andes
Cordilleras
Extended Family
Extended Family
Tierra Helada
49. Floating islands made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom
Chinampas
Rio Grande
Mato Grosso Plateau
Llanos
50. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Amazon Basin
Mestizo
Amazon River
Conquistador