Latin America

Which was not a major empire of the early americas?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

A Spanish explorer who came to the early Americas

• Conquistador

• Cordillera

• Tributary

• Pampas

Which Caribbean island was the first to gain independence from its European colonizers?

• Cuba

• Panama

• Haiti

• Jamaica

an agricultural practice that involves cutting down trees and burning the area to create a field for crops

• scorched earth

• slash and burn

• cut and dry

• cash crop

a place where many different people and ideas exist together, often mixing and producing something new

• revolution

• scorched earth

• cultural blending

• melting pot

Mountain ranges that run parallel to each other

• Tributary

• Cordillera

• Basin

• Pampas

The dense umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in the rainforest.

• hacienda

• tributary

• canopy

• pampas

an illegal and often violent seizure of power from a government

• revolution

• embargo

• coup

• pampas

Which is NOT a major cash crop produced in Latin America?

• Bananas

• Avocados

• Sugar

• Rice

mountain range that runs along the western side of South America

• Andes

• Tajumulco

• Atacama

• Tikals