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