Latin America Vocabulary - Texas TEKS

an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus

• Columbian Exchange

• Cultural Diffusion

• Demography

• Deforestation

the study of human population in terms of numbers, especially birth rates, death rates, ethnic composition, age and gender distributions

• Cultural Diffusion

• Renewable Resources

• Deforestation

• Demography

The process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• Demography

• Cultural Diffusion

• Deforestation

• Columbian Exchange

clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

• Renewable Resources

• Cultural Diffusion

• Deforestation

• Columbian Exchange

refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally

• Non-Renewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Cultural Diffusion

• Columbian Exchange

refers to natural resources that cannot be remade or replenished

• Non-Renewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Cultural Diffusion

• Columbian Exchange

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

• Deforestation

• Cultural Diffusion

• Indigenous

• Renewable Resources

a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface

• Mural

• Deforestation

• Frieda Kahlo

• Cultural Diffusion

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

• Natural Resources

• Deforestation

• Renewable Resources

• Non-Renewable Resources

The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people

• Cultural Diffusion

• Renewable Resources

• Deforestation

• Colonization