Unit 5 (Latin America)

Front 1

The _____ _____ of Mexico began when Cortes and his soldiers conquered the Aztecs in 1521

Back 1

Spanish Conquest

Front 2

______are factories in Mexico that assemble imported material into finished goods that are then exported, mostly to the Us

Back 2

Maquiladoras

Front 3

The _____ _____ cuts through Panama and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Back 3

Panama Canal

Front 4

From their capital at Cuzco in Peru, the _____ extended their power and built a great empire.

Back 4

Inca

Hint 4

Their language is Quechua

Front 5

_____ is a martial art and dance that developed in Brazil from African origins.

Back 5

Capoeira

Front 6

Tenochtitlán

Back 6

Aztec capital

Front 7

PRI

Back 7

In Mexico, a political party that helped to introduce democracy.

Hint 7

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Front 8

NAFTA

Back 8

A trade agreement between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Front 9

United Provinces of Central America

Back 9

In 1823, this area declared its independence from Mexico.

Hint 9

Central America

Front 10

Reggae

Back 10

Music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s.

Front 11

Quechua

Back 11

Language of the Inca

Front 12

Treaty of Tordesillas

Back 12

An agreement between Spanish and Portugal that gave Portugal control over the land that became present day Brazil

Front 13

Carnival

Back 13

A festival in Brazil

Front 14

Samba

Back 14

A Brazilian dance with African influences

Front 15

Cultural Hearth

Back 15

A place from which important ideas spread. Usually the origin of major cultures.

Front 16

Calypso

Back 16

Music they began in Trinidad. Combines elements from Africa, Spain, and the United States.

Front 17

The _____ __________ of the South American continents are part of a chain of mountain range that runs down the Pacific Coast of North, Central, and South America.

Back 17

Andes Mountains

Hint 17

They have made settlement along the pacific coast of South America Difficult.

Front 18

The _______ are vast expanses of plains found in the interior of Brazil

Back 18

Cerrado

Front 19

In South America, the _____ ______ flows about 4,000 miles from west to east, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

Back 19

Amazon River

Front 20

Both _____ and ______ factors are at work in moving peasants and farmers off the land and drawing them to the city.

Back 20

Push + Pull

Front 21

A country ________ includes such things as sewers, transportation, electricity, and housing.

Back 21

Infrastructure

Front 22

Pampas

Back 22

Grassland of northern Argentina and Uruguay

Front 23

Llanos

Back 23

Vast plains in Colombia and Venezuela.

Front 24

Orinoco River

Back 24

A 1,500-mile river that flows mainly through Venezuela.

Front 25

Paraná River

Back 25

A 3,000-miles river that flows through Paraguay and Argentina.

Front 26

Rain Forests

Back 26

They cover more than two million square miles of a South America and contains many species of trees.

Hint 26

Usually found in Tropical Wet Climate

Front 27

Slash-and-Burn

Back 27

A method used to clear land farming.

Front 28

Terraced Farming

Back 28

An ancient technique for growing crops on hillside or mountain slopes.

Front 29

________ means the cutting down and clearing of trees and forest.

Back 29

Deforestation

Front 30

______ is the term used for the rising of temperature of the atmosphere.

Back 30

Global warming

Hint 30

Climate Warming, caused by excessive carbon dioxide.

Front 31

____-___-______-______ is a plan in which a government get debt relief and environmentalists get rain forest preservation.

Back 31

Debt-for-nature-swap

Front 32

An _______ is a government run by a few people.

Back 32

Oligarchy

Front 33

Throughout the 20th century, many Latin American countries were ruled by a military dictator or political boss known as a ________.

Back 33

Caudillo

Hint 33

Juan Perón was a famous one.

Front 34

Biodiversity

Back 34

A wide range of plant and animal species.

Front 35

Junta

Back 35

A harsh government run by the military.

Front 36

Land Reform

Back 36

The breaking up of large landholdings and giving land to the poor peasant farmers.

Front 37

Altiplano

Back 37

High basins or plateaus

Front 38

Peru Current

Back 38

Cool air meets overhead warm air, causing fog and humidity but little precipitation

Front 39

People learned ______ techniques 9000 yeas ago.

Back 39

Farming

Front 40

People learned ______ techniques 9000 yeas ago.

Back 40

Farming

Front 41

What were the achievements of the Olmecs

Back 41

-Studied the Heavens
-builded pyramids
-stone calendars

Front 42

What were the achievements of the Mayans?

Back 42

-math
-calendar
-system of writing

Front 43

In 1830, Mexico went I. War with the U.S.A over _______.

Back 43

Texas

Front 44

In ________ Texas joined the USA

Back 44

1845

Front 45

What were the achievements of the Toltecs?

Back 45

-master buildings
-mighty worriers
-lasted 3000 years

Front 46

What were the achievements of the Aztecs?

Back 46

-marvelous buildings
-pyramids
-religion (gods)
-streets
-canals
-builded 2 large cities

Front 47

The Aztecs invaders came from the ______.

Back 47

North

Front 48

What are 2 reasons why the Aztec civilization fell?

Back 48

-revolts
Arrival of the Europeans

Front 49

Creoles

Back 49

Wealthy people that had power.

Front 50

Haciendas

Back 50

Large states used for plantation or ranches

Front 51

People arrived to Mexico _______ years ago.

Back 51

20,000

Front 52

When was Mexico's Declaration of Independence from Spain?

Back 52

1821

Front 53

The first Mexican president, Victoria, was elected in ________.

Back 53

1824