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