Chapter 9 Vocabulary

1. Chapter 9 Vocabulary Intro To Latin America

2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Vocab Questions 11 12 13

3. 1 Chapter 9 Name for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain Conquistador

4. 2 Chapter 9 The contact and interaction of one culture with another Cultural Convergence

5. 3 Chapter 9 A Latin American military dictator Caudillo

6. 4 Chapter 9 A Grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay. Pampas

7. 5 Chapter 9 A small, low island or coral reef Cay

8. 6 Chapter 9 Rock-like skeletons of tiny sea-animals Coral

9. 7 Chapter 9 A storm with winds of at least 39 miles per hour Tropical Storm

10. 8 Chapter 9 A destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean, with winds of at least 74 miles per hour Hurricane

11. 10 Chapter 9 Warm ocean current off South America’s northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns El Nino

12. 11 Chapter 9 The uppermost layer of a forest where tree branches meet Canopy

13. 12 Chapter 9 A person of mixed European and Native American heritage Mestizo

14. 13 Chapter 9 A person of mixed African and European ancestry Mulatto

15. 14 Chapter 9 Economic System in Which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand Market Economy

16. 15 Chapter 9 Total value of goods/services produced w/in a country in a year, divided by the total population GDP Per Capita

17. 16 Chapter 9 Economic System controlled by a single, central government Command Economy

18. 17 Chapter 9 Economic System in which families produce goods/services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods. Traditional Economy