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Unit 3 Latin American Vocabulary Part 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
...the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses.
a)
Ecotourism
b)
Deforestation
c)
Llanos
d)
Pampas
2.

...a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela

a)

Llanos

b)

Pampas

c)

Cerrados

d)

Altiplanos

3.

...a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil

a)

Pampas

b)

Cerrado

c)

Altiplano

d)

Llanos

4.
...extensive, treeless plains in South America.
a)
Llanos
b)
Cerrado
c)
Mestizo
d)
Pampas
5.

Traditional farming method in which all trees and plants in an area are cut and burned to add nutrients to the soil.

a)

Slash-and-Burn

b)

Deforestation

c)

Reforestation

d)

Shantytown

6.

Replanting young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed.

a)

Slash-and-Burn

b)

Deforestation

c)

Reforestation

d)

Shantytown

7.

Country in the process of becoming industrialized.

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Developing Country

c)

Cultura Hearth

d)

Mega City

8.

a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially mixed American Indian and European descent in the Americas

a)

Indigenous

b)

Mestizo

c)

Mulatto

d)

Pampas

9.

A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface

a)

escarpment

b)

plantation

c)

plateau

d)

terrace farming

10.

high, flat plains where the Andes are the widest

a)

pampas

b)

altiplano

c)

cerrados

d)

llanos

11.

Large farms that grow only one cash crop.

a)

plantation

b)

cerrado

c)

escarpment

d)

terrace farming

12.

an urban area that has more than 10 million people

a)

megacity

b)

plantation

c)

cultural hearth

d)

developing country

13.

One group responsible for creating interdependence in the Americas is

a)

the United Nations (UN)

b)

the European Union (EU)

c)

the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

d)

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

14.
...a factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company.
a)
Maquiladoras
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Llanos
d)
Pampas
15.

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

a)

tribute

b)

quechua

c)

terrace farming

d)

chinampas farming

16.
An explorer who claims land for Spain is known as a...
a)
Ranchero
b)
Migrant
c)
Conquistador
d)
Empressarion