Latin America Vocab and Culture Review

In Argentina the people who raise and care for cattle are called

• cowboys

• haciendas

• indigenous

• gauchos

All of the following are examples of an archipelago except

• Greater Antilles

• Altaplano

• Lesser Antilles

• Tierra del Fuego

A type of commercial farm that focuses on one crop and requires a lot of labor is called a

• cathedral

• hacienda

• plantation

• ranch

A megacity is one that

• has more than 10 million people

• is located in the interior of Latin America

• causes deforestation

• has only squatter settlements

This type of religious building is called a

• hacienda

• mosque

• cathedral

• temple

Which religion worships in this type of building?

• Roman Catholics

• Indigenous

• Muslims

• Hindus

Which of the following is considered a cash crop?

• cattle

• sugar cane

• tomatoes

• squash

These clusters of poorly constructed homes on the outskirts of megacities are called

• suburbs

• city functions

• social structure

• squatter settlements

The farmlands shared by villages of indigenous people in Latin America are called

• Ejidos

• ranches

• plantations

• haciendas

In which vertical zone of the Andes Mountains would you most likely find a banana planation?

• Tierra Fria

• Tierra Templada

• Tierra Caliente

• Tierra Madre