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