Latin America and Caribbean Geography

Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Mexico.

• Conquistador

• Pilgrim

• Iron Man

• Mean guy

A climate area that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops

• Cold

• Hot

• Mountains

• Vertical Climate Zone

The loss or destruction of woodlands, mainly for logging or farming

• Tree Planting

• Deforestation

• Mr. Beast

• Logging companies

A city that dominates a country’s economy, culture, and government

• New York City

• Urban Area

• Primate City

• Mexico City

A person of mixed indigenous and European descent

• Mestizo

• Jennifer Lopez

• Mexicans

• Indigenous

A great city that is made up of several large and smaller cities

• New York City

• Chicago

• megacity

• Mexico City

The combining of beliefs and practices from different religions.

• Religion

• syncretism

• Christianity

• Diffusion

A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling the migration of plants and animals.

• Pannama

• Land

• Bridge

• Isthmus

Technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area.

• Bad

• Sustainable development

• Farming

• Industrialization

A group or a chain of islands

• archipelago

• islands

• island chain

• cuba