W.G.: INTRO. TO MIDDLE & SOUTH AMERICA
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- A narrow neck of land that acts as a bridge to connect two larger bodies of land.
- What is an Isthmus?
- The original inhabitants of a country.
- What is Indigenous?
- Large plains in the Amazon River Basin in Argentina which are the result of erosion steadily smoothing the lands's surface over millions of years.
- What is the Pampas?
- The plains of southern Columbia and Venezuela made by steady erosion causing smoothing of the land surface over millions of years.
- What is the Llanos (YAHN-ohz)?
- A plant grown as a cash crop on Sea-Island plantations in the south used to make blue dye for clothing.
- What is Indigo?
- Middle or South American people with both Native American and European Ancestry.
- What is a Mestizo?
- The descendants of European plantation colonists and Africans.
- What are Mulattos?
- A small tree on which the cocoa bean grows which is ground to make chocolate powder used in cooking and drinks.
- What is Cocoa?
- Large family-owned estates for growning crops introduced by the Spanish. A symbol of social status.
- What is a Hacienda?
- Industries that manufacture cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, or indigo or goods such as automobiles, trucks, or railroad cars which require a large work force to produce.
- What is Labor-Intensive?
- The breaking-up of large landholdings and allowing for small farmers to own their own land giving them a vested interest in their own future.
- What is Land Reform?
- A large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific Coast of Central and South America.
- What are the Andes Mountains?
- A large, grassy, treeless area in South America used for grazing and farming.
- What are the Llanos?
- A Savannah that has flat terrain and moderate rainfall, which make it suitable for farming.
- What are the Cerrado?
- A river mainly in Venezuela and part of South America's northernmost river system.
- What is the Orinoco?
- Second longest river in the world, running about 4000 miles from west to east, and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean,
- What is the Amazon?
- A river in Central and South America and one of three major river systems originating in the highlands of southern Brazil & traveling 3000 miles southwest.
- What is the Parana?
- A forest region located in the tropical zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broadleaf trees.
- What is the Rainforest?
- An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides/mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into slopes.
- What is Terraced Farming?
- A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region.
- What are Push Factors?
- A factor that draws/attracts people to another location.
- What are Pull Factors?
- The basic supports needed to keep an economy going, including power, communities, transportation, water, sanitation, & education systems.
- What is Infrastructure?