Chapter 9 Latin America Today
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Three largest countries in SA? | Brazil, Argentina and Mexico |
| Two ethnicities of mestizos? | European and Native American |
| Largest city in Mexico? | Mexico City |
| Type of Mexican Government? | Federal Republic |
| Mexican presidential term? | 6 years |
| resort city in Southern Mexico? | Cancun |
| Important banking center in CA? | Panama |
| Capital of Argentina? | Buenos Aires |
| President of Venezuela? | Hugo Chavez |
| Brazil's greatest natural resource? | Amazon rain forest |
| What Brazilians call the rain forest? | selva |
| Three cities along Mexico's northern border? | Tijuana, Juarez and Monterray |
| Mexican cowhand? | vaqueros |
| Dictator of Argentina in 1940s? | Juan Peron |
| Capital of Brazil? | Brasilia |
| Missed debt payment? | default |
| Cuba's longtime dictator? | Fidel Castro |
| Public square? | plaza |
| 3 major regions of Argentina | Andes, Pampas and Patagonia |
| Where gauchos are found? | Pampas |
| Also known as Malvinas? | Falkland Islands |
| Plateaus in Argentina? | Patagonia |
| smoke and fog combined? | smog |
| SA country that is long and narrow? | Chile |
| U.S. territory in the Caribbean? | Puerto Rico |
| 85% of people descent in Argentina? | Italian and Spanish |
| Region of Mexico that has greatest percentage of the population? | Central Mexico |
| The cutting down of the rainforest | Deforestation |
| Central American country who signed onto NAFTA? | Guatamala |
| Country known for emeralds, coffee and illegal drug trade? | Colombia |
| Country known for mining and the Andes? | Chile |
| Country known for oil, natural gas and Hugo Chavez? | Venezuela |
| European country that settled Brazil? | Portugal |
| Who ruled Argentina during the 1970s? | Military dictators |
| Brazilian slums? | favela |
| Factories that manufacture parts? | maquiladora |
| Argentina's chief exports? | Beef and beef products |
| Brazil's chief exports? | Coffee and oranges |
| Found off of Mexico central coastline? | Oil and natural gas |
| Highest literacy rates and standard of living in Central America? | Costa Rica |
| Important banking center in Central America? | Panama |
| Manufacturing City on Mexican/U.S. border? | Ciudad Juarez |
| percentage of people who can read and write | Literacy rate |
| Self-Governing territory | Commonwealth |
| Central American country where Mayan descendants live? | Guatamala |
| Number of Central American countries | seven |
| Region that contains most of the Mexican people | Central Mexico |
| First and largest European group to settle Brazil | Portuguese |
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