Geography - Latin America History and Culture

Another word for corn...

• maize

• old yeller

• taco tuesday

• frijoles

A form of writing that uses symbols

• hieroglyphics

• paint by numbers

• Aztecian

• Mayan writing

Green semiprecious stone

• jade

• obsidian

• maize

• emerald

Hard, black, volcanic glass useful in making weapons

• jade

• obsidian

• maize

• steel

The Incas had a large territory or __________ in what is now Peru.

• empire

• city

• village

• town

If a farm product, like corn, is grown for export it is considered to be a what?

• cash crop

• export crop

• maize

• bling

Cuba has this type of government...

• communist

• democracy

• theocracy

• monarchy

This was built in Panama and allowed ships to travel faster from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

• Panama canal

• Panama time warp

• Suez canal

• Ricardo's river

The movement of people from one area, region, continent, etc...to another is called _________ in the context of geography.

• migration

• travel

• walkabout

• sojourn

Mixed Native American and European descent.

• mestizos

• incapean

• mayapean

• mondo dismo