Latin America Vocabulary
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Created by:
mrdgeography on January 28, 2009
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Mr. Roehl's Geography 7th Grade Class, Cultural Studies/Burgin
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pampas | temperate grassland located in Argentina |
| llanos | tropical grassland located in Colombia and Venezuela |
| vertical zonation | when different vegetation grows at different elevations |
| NAFTA | trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada |
| Inca | native group that lived in Peru and Chile |
| Maya | native group that built large cities with pyramids in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala |
| Aztec | native group that lived around modern Mexico City |
| mestizo | a person of mixed European and native ancestry |
| hacienda | large farm or ranch similar to a plantation owned by a rich landlord |
| ejido | land that is jointly owned by farmers |
| deforestation | when trees are cut down faster than they can grow back |
| subsistence farming | when someone grows just enough food to live |
| ring of fire | an area around the Pacific Ocean where many plates meet and earthquakes and volcanoes are common |
| cash crop | crops that are grown for export such as sugar and cotton |
| slash and burn | a method of farming where farmers cut down trees then burn them to fertilize the soil |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| gaucho | a cowboy in Argentina |
| squatter settlement | areas in the city where people have illegally occupied the land and built poor houses |
| reggae | a type of music from Jamaica |
| atacama | a desert on the coast of Chile and Peru |
| andes | mountains that run from Colombia to Argentina |
| amazon | a river that runs through Brazil |
| sierra madres | mountains in Mexico |
| urbanization | when people move into cities |
| out migration | when people leave an area looking for jobs |
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