Latin American Vocabulary

The lasting impacts of this in Latin America include the Spanish language and the religion of Roman Catholicism.

• Colonialism

• Conquistadors

• Mestizo

• Columbian Exchange

The indigenous people and the Spanish conquistadors married and produced this new race.

• mezcal

• mestizo

• native

• American

The ___ is a narrow strip of land connects the continents of North and South America.

The spread of ideas and culture such as music and language.

• acculturation

• independence

• cultural diffusion

• cultural isolation

The act of clearing (cutting down) a wide area of trees.

• desalination

• global warming

• deforestation

• desertification

The process in which vegetation in drylands decreases and eventually disappears.

• desertification

• desalination

• deforestation

• dust storms

The process of removing salt from seawater.

• deforestation

• oasis

• desertification

• desalination

This process involves farmers cutting down the trees of the forest and burning the plants, so that the soil there can be used for agriculture.

• subsistence farming

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• commercial farming

• crop rotation

What is the number #1 reason the conquistadors sailed to the Americas?

• gold/personal wealth

• God/convert natives to Roman Catholicism

• glory/be famous

• forced by their king/queen to go

How would you describe the regions near the equator?

• high winds

• cold winters

• same temperature all year

• earthquakes