Unit 3 Latin America Vocab

a climate zone that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops

• climate zone

• vertical climate zone

• cash crops

• Archipelago

refers to people of mixed indigenous and European descent

• isthmus

• Mestizos

• vertical climate zone

• Minifunda

Spanish for "conquerors," the name for the Spanish soldiers and explorers who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Latin America

• Conquistadors

• cash crops

• isthmus

• Latifunda

farm product grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family

• cash crops

• Conquistadors

• cottage industry

• Dialect

the value of goods and services produced within a country in a year

• Cash Money

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Minifunda

• uneven development

an area of a country in which trade restrictions do not apply

• land bridge

• Free Trade Zone (FTZ)

• cash crops

• Monoculture

the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming

• Ecotourism

• deforestation

• cash crops

• vertical climate zone

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

• Archipelago

• isthmus

• cottage industry

• Monoculture

A group or chain of islands

• Free Trade Zone (FTZ)

• Archipelago

• cottage industry

• The Bahamas

a strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling migration of plants and animals to new areas

• land bridge

• isthmus

• Minifunda

• Latifunda