Ch 7/8 Test

1. Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Mexico.

• Mestizo
• Vertical Climate Zone
• Conquistadors
• Archipelagos

2. A climate area that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops

• Mestizo
• Conquistadors
• Vertical Climate Zone
• Archipelagos

3. The loss or destruction of woodlands, mainly for logging or farming

• Deforestation
• Land Subsidence
• Vertical Climate Zone
• Archipelagos

4. A city that dominates a country’s economy, culture, and government

• Archipelago
• Primate City
• Capital
• Isthmus

5. A person of mixed indigenous and European descent

• Toro
• Matador
• Conquistador
• Mestizo

6. A great city that is made up of several large and smaller cities

• Capital
• Mega City
• Country
• Continent

7. The combining of beliefs and practices from different religions.

• Syncretism
• Monotheism
• Polytheism
• Judaism

8. A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling the migration of plants and animals.

• Island
• Land-bridge
• Peninsula
• Mountain

9. Technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area.

• Free Trade Zone
• Sustainable Development
• Seismic
• Land Subsidence

10. A group or a chain of islands

• Sustainable Development
• Archipelagos
• Free Trade Zone
• Isthmus