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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 6. Carnival
An annual celebration held just before Lent

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

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

10. 9. Gauchos
Cowboys of the pampas of Argentina

11. 10. Emigrate
To leave one country and settle in another

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. 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

19. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 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.

28. 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