Ch. 8: Human Geo of Central America Vocab

a business that employs workers in their homes

• matriarchal

• cottage industry

• attribute

• latifundia

to explain by indicating the cause

• obvious

• latifundia

• minfundia

• attribute

the sum of factors within a population that reduce the ability of an environment to support the population, therefore resulting in migration or population decline

• cottage industry

• population pressure

• patois

• latifundia

in Latin America, large agricultural estates owned by families or corporations

• manifundia

• patois

• latifundia

• matriarchal

family ruled by a woman such as mother, grandmother, or aunt

• manifundia

• matriarchal

• attribute

• latifundia

the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment

• minifundia

• patois

• ecotourism

• latifundia

a dialect used in everyday speech that blends elements of several languages

• latifundia

• patois

• dailect

• matriarchal

local form of language used in a particular place or by a certain group.

• dialect

• latifundia

• patois

• minifundia

in Latin America, small farms that produce food chiefly for family use

• matriarchal

• minifundia

• latifundia

• attribute

easily discovered, seen, or understood

• attribute

• dialect

• obvious

• patois