worldgeo chapter 9 unit 3
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- Hispaniola
- What Greater Antilles Island is divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
- terraced farming
- What is cutting into the sides of hills and slopes to grow crops in mountainous areas is known as what kind of farming?
- Rio Grande River
- What river forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States?
- The Andes
- What is the name of the south american range that is part of the rockies?
- Mexico City, Mexico
- What is the most populous city in latin america?
- Amazon
- What is the second longest river in the world?
- Amazon
- What is the largest river for water volume?
- Angel Fallls
- What is the tallest waterfall in the world?
- Patagonia
- What southeastern region of South America borders the Atlantic Ocean includes parts of Argentina and Chile?
- llanos
- What are the grassy plains of Columbia and Venezuela?
- cerrado
- Brazil's plains are called?
- pampas
- What are the grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay called?
- leeward and windward
- What are the names of the two groups that the lesser antilles are divided into?
- Brazil
- What country's government is encouraging settlers to move into the country's interior and develop the land for farming?
- the Brazil nut tree
- What rain forest tree can grow up to 150 feet high?
- Mexico City, Mexico
- The ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan is the size of what city today?
- Reggae
- What Jamaican music- a mix of African, Caribbean, and American influences- deas with social problems and religion?
- Portugal
- The Treaty of Tordesillas gave control of the Brazilian territory to what country?
- Mexico
- What present-day country's territory was once home to the Toltecs, the Maya, and the Aztecs?
- Cortes
- What spanish conquistador did the Aztec emperor Montezuma think might be the god Quetzalcoatl?
- Cuba
- What is the largest and most populous island in the Caribbean?
- A mexican factory
- What is the Maquiladoras?
- Carnival
- What festival are you attending?
- Chile
- What country is considered South America's greatest economic success story?
- the Inca empire
- What ancient empire had its capital at Cuzco, Peru?
- mestizo
- What is the term for Mexico's large populatipon group of mixed spanish native american heritage?
- the Inca
- Quechaua is the traditional language of what native peoples?
- Simon Bolivar
- What South American soldier led independence movements ins Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia in the 1820s?
- brazil
- What south american has the largest japanes population outside japan?
- Mercosur
- Common market of south america?