Chapter 3 Cultures of Latin America Study Guide Test will be on Thursday May 26th!!

1. Cash Crop A crop grown mostly for sale rather than for the farmer’s own use

2. Maquiladora A factory located in Mexico, near the U.S. boarder that assembles parts to make products for export

3. Indigenous People A term used to describe people who are descended from the people who first lived in a region

4. Subsistence farming When farmers grow just enough food to meet the needs of their families

5. Ethnic Group The name for a group of people who share the same ancestry, language, religion, or cultural tradition

6. Carnival An annual celebration held just before Lent

7. West Indies The name given to the Caribbean Islands by Christopher Columbus

8. Immigrant A person who comes into a foreign country to make a new home and a better life

9. Gauchos Cowboys of the pampas of Argentina

10. Emigrate To leave one country and settle in another

11. Campesino Many of the farmers in Middle America that have little to no land of their own

12. Ciboney The first Native American people to live on the Caribbean islands

13. What is the language that most Central America nations speak? Spanish It is the official language!!

14. What is one effect of rapid urbanization in Mexico? A shortage of housing

15. Where in Brazil do many Japanese live? Sao Paulo

16. What two countries share an island in the Caribbean? Haiti and the Dominican Republic

17. What is Carnival? When is it celebrated? An annual celebration for many Latin America Countries It is celebrated and marks the start of Lent

18. What happened to most of the indigenous people in the Caribbean after the Europeans arrived? They were overworked and died due to diseases brought by the Europeans

19. What country had the greatest effect of Latin America culture? Spain

20. How do people make a living in the pampas of Argentina? Cattle ranchers

21. Why do people from Mexico emigrate to the United States? Find jobs and a better life

22. What two things influence Caribbean food? Ethnic diversity and natural resources

23. Most people of South America are descended from what three ethnic groups? Native Americans Africans Europeans

24. What is the only country in South America that is not independent? French Guiana They are a colony to France

25. What two cultures have influenced the music of the Caribbean? African and European

26. Why is there such great variety of ethnic groups on the Caribbean islands? This is because so many people came to the Caribbean to conquer it, farm it, and work there.

27. What are the four cultural regions of South America 27. What are the four cultural regions of South America? Describe each of them. Northern- very diverse and includes many different groups and colonial history. Andean- many indigenous people live here Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay- mostly mestizos and Spanish Brazil- Native Americas, people of African and European descent, and Japanese live here