World cultures - Chapter 3

Match each term with its best definition.

• cordillera

• a system of several mountain ranges separated by valleys and wide plateaus

• glacier

• a layer of rock beneath the surface of Earth that contains water

• temperate

• a large mass of ice and packed snow that moves slowly along the surface of Earth

• aquifer

• being connected to touching along a border

• Contiguous

• mild or moderate, not extreme

6. The Spanish wanted to (a)   Mexico to gain riches and more power.

7. In the late 1700s American colonists fought (a)   a against Britain to gain the right to govern themselves.

8. The U.S. Constitution allows for the addition of (a)   which are formal changes to a law.

9. The belief that slavery should end, or (a)   , was one of the causes for the U.S. Civil War.

10. During World War I the U. S. had had economic partnerships, or (a)   with France and Britain.

11. (a)   is a new type of warfare that uses violence to achieve political results.

12. The Maya used (a)   to record their history and written language.

13. Cortés was a (a)   , a Spanish soldier-explorer determined to conquer the Americas.

14. One of the biggest reasons the Aztecs were defeated was due to (a)   of diseases brought by the Spanish.