Semester Final Latin America
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terrascout on December 3, 2009
Classes:
tmhs geography, TMHS WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ISTHMUS | a narrow strip of land that connects larger pieces of land; ex. Panama |
| PANAMA CANAL | a strategic waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |
| PULL FACTOR | something that encourages someone to move to another location |
| PUSH FACTOR | something that forces someone out of one place to move to another place |
| BIODIVERSITY | the huge variety of plants and animal species that are found in the Amazon Rainforest |
| ANDES MOUNTAINS | long mountain range that runs down the west coast of South America |
| AMAZON RIVER | has over 1,000 tributaries and releases more water at its mouth than any other river in the world |
| TRIBUTARY | a river or stream that connects to another river or stream |
| SOURCE/HEADWATERS | where a river begins; usually in mountains |
| PAMPAS | fertile grassy plains of Argentina and Uruguay; good for growing crops and raising cattle |
| GUACHO | south american cowboy |
| LLANOS | fertile grassy plains of Colombia and Venezuela |
| MEXICO & VENEZUELA | have major oil resources |
| INCA | ancient Indian civilization of Peru |
| MAYA | ancient Indian civilization of Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and into Guatemala |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going including roads, electricity, sewers, water, housing, and education |
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