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Unit 3 Latin America Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the study of human population in terms of numbers, especially birth rates, death rates, ethnic composition, age and gender distributions

a)

demography

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

deforestation

d)

renewable resource

2.

an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus

a)

renewable resource

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

demography

d)

deforestation

3.

refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally

a)

deforestation

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

demography

d)

renewable resource

4.

clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

a)

renewable resource

b)

demography

c)

deforestation

d)

Columbian Exchange

5.

refers to natural resources that cannot be remade or replenished

a)

non-renewable resource

b)

indigenous

c)

natural resources

d)

mulattos

6.

a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.

a)

non-renewable resource

b)

indigenous

c)

natural resources

d)

mulattos

7.

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

a)

indigenous

b)

mulattos

c)

natural resources

d)

non-renewable resource

8.

native to a certain area

a)

non-renewable resource

b)

indigenous

c)

natural resources

d)

mulattos

9.

a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface

a)

colonization

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

staple

d)

mural

10.

a food that is eaten regularly

a)

staple

b)

mural

c)

colonization

d)

cultural diffusion

11.

The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people

a)

mural

b)

colonization

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

staple

12.

The process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

a)

mural

b)

staple

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

colonization