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WorksheetsLATIN AMERICA VOCABULAY
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
a farming method in with trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned to enrich the poor soil of the rainforest.
hieroglyphics
potato cultivation
slash and burn agriculture
polytheism
a symbol derived from a picture that stands for a word, idea, or sound.
polytheism
hieroglyphic
Huitzilopochtli
scale/key
Spanish explorers who conquered territory
Aztecs
Incas
indigenous people
conquistadors
Took over Aztec city which is now Mexico City in 1519
Beringia
Moctezuma
Hernan Cortes
Quipu
a lower ranked social group of mixed American Indian descent
mestizos
mulattoes
creoles
peninsulares
the exchange of people. other living things and ideas between two hemispheres
treaty
Columbian Exchange
colonialism
triple alliance
An Aztec emperor
Pizarro
Nahuati
Montezuma
Beringia
study of human and nonhuman features of Earth
cartography
polytheism
topography
geography
north, south, east, and west
cardinal directions
intermediate directions
latitude
longitude
northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
intermediate directions
cardinal directions
latitude
longitude
the position north or south of the equator (imaginary lines go from east to west)
intermediate directions
cardinal directions
latitude
longitude
position east or west of the Prime Merdian (imaginary lines run north to south)
intermediate directions
cardinal directions
latitude
longitude
imaginary line that seperates north and south hemispheres into 2 equal halves
equator
Prime Meridan
Greenwich
North Pole
imaginary line that separates the globe into east and west hemisperes
equator
Prime Meridan
Greenwich
North Pole
the area a given space on the map or globe might correspond to in the real world
equinox
solstice
zone
scale
average weather of a place over many years
weather
tectonics
faults
climate
beliefs, customs, practices and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people
culture
traits
immigrant
diversity
an exchange of goods and services
trade
production
supply
tariff
The globe is divided into 2 equal
continents
oceans
quadrants
hemispheres
a type of map that shows features and sometimes elevation of a particular area or region in a two-dimensional format
political map
physical map
economic map
topography
a type of map that represents divisions, or human-created boundaries, of the world, continents and major geographic regions
political map
physical map
economic map
topography map
a symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.
scale
key
compass rose
longitude and latitude lines
a large continuous mass of land
ocean
continent
elevation
mountain
the distance above sea level
continent
geography
mountain
elevation
lived in the rainforest in Mesoamerica in ancient times
Olmec
pilgrims
Zapotec
Maya
a society containing highly developed forms of government, culture, industry, and common social norms.
civilization
colonialism
migration
conquistadors
developed in the highlands of central Mexico, more specifically the valley of Mexico
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Quipu
the Aztec's built this city
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
Yucatan
Tenochtitlan
included all kings of Tlacopan and Texcoco to support one another with troops and to chare control of the Aztec Empire
aqueducts
triple alliance
conquistadors
Hispaniola
built new empires and connected the Americas to the rest of the world.
Columbus
Cortes
L'Overture
Pizarro
links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Machu Picchu
Sierra Nevada
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
in Haiti, he led a rebellion against their french rulers
Pizzaro
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Beringia
located to the right of Central America and Mexico and north or South America
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Mediterranean Sea
Hispaniola consists of
Cuba and Haiti
Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
Haiti and Dominican Republic
Cuba and Jamaica
The god that the Aztecs worshipped and thought would bring them success in battle and made the sun rise is
Huitzilopochtli
Tlaloc
Titicaca
Quetzalcoatl
Lies south of the Caribbean Islands and east of Central America.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranan Sea
Caribbean Sea
In Mexico, most speak Spanish, but many speak....
Haitian Creole
Portuguese
English
Nahuatl
This is located to the left of Mexico and Central America....
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
This is located between Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.....
Amazon River
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Mexico
Brazil
Belize
Cuba
Mesoamerican Indians who occupied southern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize are the.....
maya
aztec
Inca
olmec
“Feathered Serpent,” was an important god to the ancient people of Mesoamerica, also called .......
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
Quipu
Tenochtitlan
describes any group of people native to a specific region. In other words, it refers to people who lived there before colonists or settlers arrived.....
conquistadors
polytheism
Quipu
indigenous
any good or service brought in from one country to another
export
import
resource
quipu
goods and services produced in the home country for sale to other markets
imports
exports
resources
quipu
