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