Unit 3 Chapter 9,10,11
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- Hispaniola
- greater Antilles island is divded between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- terraced farming
- what kind of farming is cutting step-like fields into the sides of hills and slopes in order to grow crops in mountainous areas
- Rio Grande River
- what river forms part of the boarder between Mexico and the united states
- the andes
- the name of the south american mountain range
- Mexico City, mexico
- what is the most populous city in latin america
- amazon
- the largest water volume in the world
- Amazon
- the second longets river in the world
- Angel Falls
- what is the tallest waterfall in the world
- Gauchos
- what is the name for cowboys of Argentina and Urugay who often use a bolo to capture animals
- Patagonia
- the south eastern region of south america that borders the Atlantic and includes parts of Argentina and Chile
- llanos
- the grassy plains plains of columbia and venezula
- cerrado
- in brazil what are the great plains called
- Pampas
- what are the grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay called
- Windward and leeward
- the lesser antillies islands are divided into two groups
- Brazil
- the country that government is encouraging settlers to move into the country's interior and develop the land farming
- Parana River
- the river in south america that starts in the highlands of southern brazil through paraguay and argentina
- the brazil nut tree
- what rain forest tree can grow up to 150 feet high
- sugarloaf mountain
- what is the name of the rio de janeiro mountain, famous forthe statue of Christ atop it
- Mexico City, Mexico
- the ancient aztec city is the site of what city today
- reggae
- this music is a mix of african, caribbean, and american influences- deals with social problems and religion
- Portugal
- the treaty of Tordesillas gave control of the Brazillian territory to what country
- Mexico
- what present day country was home to the Maya and the Aztecs
- Cortes
- who overtook the Aztec empire
- Cuba
- the largest most populous island in the Caribbean
- Maquiladoras
- what is a mexican factory
- Carnival
- the festival in Rio
- Chile
- south americas greatest economic success story
- Oscar in brasillia
- who designed the new capital of brazil
- Cuzco
- what is the capital of the inca empire
- Mestizo
- the term for mexico large population group of mixed spanish and native american heritage
- The inca
- Quechaua is the traditional language of what native people
- simon bolivar
- what south american solider led independence movements in columbia, venezuela, ecudor, and bolivia in the 18020s
- Brazil
- what south american country has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan
- Mercosur
- what south american common market includes Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay
- the lungs of the world
- what is the nick name for the Amazon Rain forest
- Brazil
- In what country is much of thre Amazon rain forest located
- Oligarchy
- what is the term for a government by the few
- farmers or peasants
- in a program of land reform, who gets the portions of the large landholdings that are broken up
- 50 million acres
- how many million acres of rain forest are being destroyed worldwide every year
- Mexico
- in 1858 , reformer Benito Juarez became the president of what country
- Junta
- what is the term for a harsh government formed immediately following a military coup and headed by generals
- debt-for-nature-swap
- what is the name for the type of conservation plan in which a group pays off part of a government protecting part of its environment
- Vicente Fox
- who became the first president of mexico since 1917 in 2000
- Argentina
- Juan Peron was the dictator of what South American country
- the brazilian slums
- what are the favelas