Chapter 9,10,11 Vocabulary Test

________ are part of a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America.

• Andes Mountains

• Himalayas

• Rocky Mountains

• Alps

Winds through the northern part of the continent, mainly in Venezuela

• Orinoco River

• Neches River

• Mississippi River

• Chile

flows about 4,000 miles from west to east, empties into the Atlantic Ocean

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

• Neches River

• Mediterranean Sea

factors that “push” people to leave their home country

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

• a stable job

• a supportive community

factors that “pull” people toward cities

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

• poverty

• conflict

includes things as sewers, transportation, electricity, and water supply

• Infrastructure

• furniture

• clothing

• food

rich fabric of native life in Mexico; was torn apart by ________.

• Spanish Conquest

• Industrial Revolution

• American Civil War

• French Revolution

population of mixed people; Spanish and Native American heritage.

• Mestizo

• language

• culture

• religion

designed to create jobs and bring prosperity to millions of people

• NAFTA

• animals

• machines

• planets

a place from which important ideas emerge

• Cultural Hearth

• disappear

• stagnate

• diminish