Pre AP World Geography
Vocabulary Bank
Unit 4 Latin America
Createflashcards for the following terms. Side one should have the term and an image
representing that term. The reverse side should have the definition of the term.
This is not an all-inclusive list. You are also responsible for terminology that appears within the
textbook throughout each unit of study.
Your vocabulary cards are due the day of the vocabulary quiz for that unit, however you are
encouraged to complete them early and turn them in when finished.
Your vocabulary quiz will consist of you defining a random selection of these terms.
A model of what your vocabulary cards should look like is on the reverse side of this page.
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PJnerica.
z, ktahualpa -- the last emperor of the Inca Empire
3. Bay of Pigs - an inlet on the coast of Cuba, which served as the landing spot for armed Cuban
exiIes as part ofa CIk-sponsored plot to overthrow FideI Castro's govermnent in Aprit t961,
4. Cartel (drug cartel) - an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to
regulate prices and output in some field of business.
5. Coffee -, a brewed beverage prepared from the roasted or baked seeds from several species of
shrub, which are common in Latin America,
6. Cuban Missile Crisis - a 13-day confi:ontation in I96z betTÿveen the United States and the Soviet
Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba,
7. Deforestation- the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted
to a non--fi_ÿrest use,
8. Fatlier (Padre) MigueI Hidalgo -, a catholic priest who led the Mexican War of Independence
(fi'om Spain)
9. Favelas - slmns or shantytowns in Brazil, most often found in urban areas.
lo. Fidel Castro ÿ a communist and. leader of the Cuban revolution in 1959 who served as Prime
Minister/President of the Communist parÿ" from 1959ÿz0o8
1L Francisco Pizarro - a Spanish expIorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire,
lz, Galapagos Islands - an archipelago west of Ecuador known for their impact on CharIes
Darwin's theory of natural selection explaining evolution.
13. Hernan Cortez- led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
14. Los Llanos -- avast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes Mountains in
Venezuela and Columbia.
15, Machu Picchu ÿ- a Isth century Inca site located in an elevated region Peru
I6, Maquiladora -- a manufacturing operation in a. free trade zone, where factories impolÿ
material and eqtfipmem on a dmT--free and tafiff:-free basis for assembly, processing, or
manufa.cmling.
I7. NERCOSUR ÿ a sub-regional bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and
Venezuela, hltended to promote fi'ee trade and the fluid mcÿ,ement of goods, people., and
currency.
I8. NAFTA (North American Free Trade Aÿ'eement) oml agreement signed by Canada, the
United and States and Mexico,creating a trilateral trade bloc in Nmxh kanerica.
I9. Pampas-, fertile South ÿ4anerican lowlands covering portions of Argenfin< Uruguay and Brazil
zo. Panama Canal--- ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
zL PEMEX-. Me,.ÿcan state-,owned petrolemn company
zz. Petrobtas -- Brazilian multinational oil and gas corporation headqua, rtered in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
z3, PRI (Pal, ido Revolucionario [nstitucionaI) ÿ. a Me:dean polidcal party that heId power in the
cotmtÿT for 71 years from I9zg--zOOO.
z4, Shantytowns--settlements where pt},ÿvood, cm'rugated metal, sheets ofplasfic and cardboard
boÿ-ass are used to make homes..
zS. Simon Boliwtr ÿ Venezuelan militalT and political leader who Ied several Latin American
countries to independence from the Spanish empire.
z6, Slash-and-Burÿ, - the largeÿ.scaIe deforestation of forests for agricuImral use°
z7. Teotihuacan -- a pre-Cdumbian city in Mexico kmown for its Mesoamerican pyramkÿ:s.
zS. Tenochtltlan- an Aztec city sta.te located in what is now Mexico, which ,ÿuÿ.s once the largest
city of the pre--Columbian Americas.
z9. Terrace farming ÿ- the use ofgrad,uamd terrace steps to famÿ on hilly or mountainous ren'ain
3o. TikaI- the ruins of an ancient Ma>wn dÿj tÿund in the rainforest in Guatemala.
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