Latin America Geography

conducting trade by exchanging goods or services instead of money

• Trade with currency
• Service barter
• Gift exchange
• Barter

a vegetation zone of mainly tall trees that remain green all year; also refers to the type of vegetation in this zone

• Desert
• Savanna
• Tundra
• Broadleaf Evergreen Forest

the pattern of weather over a long period

• climate
• weather
• temperature
• season

a type of high-altitude, tropical forest that is usually covered by clouds or mist

• Cloud forest
• Rainforest
• Desert
• Savanna

raising crops for sale, often on large farms

• Farming

• Residential Farming

• Commercial Farming

• Not this one

a geographic region with too little rainfall to support much plant life; also a vegetation zone

• Desert
• Savanna
• Rainforest
• Tundra

a vegetation zone of mainly small trees, bushes, and other plants adapted to a dry climate; also refers to the type of vegetation in this zone

• Desert Scrub

• Temperate forest
• Desert
• Tropical rainforest

a leader who governs by force, without the consent of the people

• president
• dictator
• monarch
• governor

any action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services

• Trade
• Economic Activity

• Retail
• Bartering

a community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Habitat
• Biome