Latin America Vocabulary

Part of a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America.

• Andes Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Llamos

Grassy, treeless plains used for livestock or grazing in Columbia and Venezuela

• Pampas

• Llamos

• Terraced Farming

• Mestizo

Areas of grasslands with rich soil found in Northern Argentina and Uruguay

• Pampas

• Llamos

• Cerrado

• Mestizo

Winds through the nothern part of South America, mainly Venezuela, 1500 miles and empties into the Atlantic

• Amazon River

• Parana River

• Orinoco River

• Andes Mountains

Flows 4000 miles from West to East and empties into the Atlantic, carries the most water in the world to an ocean.

• Orinoco River

• Amazon River

• Panama Canal

• Parana River

Origins in the highlands of Brazil, 3000 miles south and west of Paraguay and Argentina

• Orinoco River

• Amazon River

• Panama Canal

• Parana River

dense forest made up of different species of trees, creates a unique ecosystem, found in tropical wet climates

• Deciduous Forest

• Rain Forest

• Coniferous Forest

• Steppe

Cut trees, brush, and grasses and burn the debris to clear a field for farming.

• Slash & Burn

• Cut & Burn

• Terraced Farming

• Chop firing

An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides our mountain slopes, cut step-like horizontal fields into a hillside

• Terraced Farming

• Step Farming

• Llamos

• Pampas

Factors that make people leave an area

• Push Factors

• Migration Factors

• Emigration Factors

• Pull Factors