Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Intro
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Latin America
Vocab Questions
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Name for the Spanish explorers who
claimed land in the Americas for
Spain
Conquistador
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The contact and interaction
of one culture with another
Cultural Convergence
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A Latin American military dictator
Caudillo
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A Grasslands region in Argentina and
Uruguay.
Pampas
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A small, low island or coral reef
Cay
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Rock-like skeletons of tiny seaanimals
Coral
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A storm with winds of at least 39
miles per hour
Tropical Storm
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A destructive tropical storm
that forms over the Atlantic
Ocean, with winds of at least 74
miles per hour
Hurricane
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Warm ocean current off South
America’s northwestern coast
that influences global weather
patterns
El Nino
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The uppermost layer of a forest
where tree branches meet
Canopy
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A person of mixed European and Native
American heritage
Mestizo
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A person of mixed African and
European ancestry
Mulatto
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Economic System in Which decisions
about production, price, and other
economic factors are determined by
the law of supply and demand
Market Economy
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Total value of goods/services
produced w/in a country in a year,
divided by the total population
GDP Per Capita
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Economic System controlled by a
single, central government
Command Economy
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Economic System in which families
produce goods/services for their
own use, with little surplus and
exchange of goods.
Traditional Economy