INDIGENOUS PEOPLE NATIVE TO A LAND. PROVINCE EQUIVALENT TO STATES IN CANADA.

INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE NATIVE TO A LAND

PROVINCE

EQUIVALENT TO STATES IN CANADA

MITIS

PEOPLE IN CANADA OF MIXED EUROPEAN AND NATIVE ANCESTRY

INUIT

NATIVE AMERICAN ESCAMOE

MESOAMERICA

CULRURAL AREA INCLUDING MEXICO AND MOST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

MAYA

NATIVE PEOPLE FOUND IN SOUTH EAST MEXICO, GUATEMALA, BELIZE,

AND HONDURAS

AZTEC

NATIVE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL MEXICO

CONQUISTADORES

SPANISH SOLDIERS THAT CONQUERED MESOAMERICA

EMPIRE

A SYSTEM IN WHICH A CENTRAL POWER CONROLS A NUMBER OF

TERRITORIES

MESTIZOS

PEOPLE IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA OF MIIXED EUROPEAN AND

NATIVE ANCESTRY

MULALTOES

PEOPLE IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA OF MIXED EUROPEAN AND

AFRICAN ANCESTRY

MISSIONS

CHURCH (USUALLY) CATHOLIC OUTPOSTS SET UP TO CONVERT

NATIVES

SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE

BURNING AN AREA OF A FOREST TO CLEAR IT FOR PLANTING

DICTATORS

A PERSON WHO RULES A COUNTRY WITH ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY

GUERILLA

A GROUP OF TERRORISTS OR SOLDIERS WHO TAKE PART IN

IRREGRULAR WARFARE

REFUGEES

SOMEONE WHO FLEES TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, USUALLY FOR ECONOMIC

OF POLITICAL REASONS

CALYPSO MUSIC

MUSIC WHICH ORIGANATED IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

REGGAE

MUSIC WHICH ORIGANATED IN JAMAICA

MERENGUE

NATIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

SANTERIA

A RELIGION WHICH COMBINES CATHOLICISM WITH WEST AFRIAN

AND CARIBBEAN BELIEFS

CREOLE

A MIXTURE OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, EURPEAN, AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES.

HAITIAN DIALECT OF FRENCH

VOODOO

RELIGION OF HAITI WHICH COMBINES CATHOLICISM AND

AFRICAN BELIEFS

LLANOS

PLAINS FOUND IN EASTERN COLUMBIA & WESTERN VENEGUELA

EL DORADO

LEGEND IN COLUMBIA DESCRIBING A RICH LAND.

INDIGO

PLANT USED TO MAKE A DEEP BLUE DYE.

LLANEROS

VENEGULIAN COWBOYS

INDENTURED SERVANTS

PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IN EXCHANGE FOR

TRAVEL EXPENSE.

PIDGIN LANGUAGES

A COMBIANATION OF LANGUAGES TO HELP PEPLE FROM DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES WORK TOGETHER.

PAMPAS

WIDE,GRASSY PLAINS IN ARGENTINA.

SOIL EXHAUSTION

PLANTING THE SAME CROP EVERY YEAR AND DEPLETINE TO SOIL OF

NUTRIENTS.

FAVELAS

SLUM AREAS IN BRAZIL

GAUCHOS

ARGENTINA COWBOYS

LANDLOCKED

A COUNTRY COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY LAND WITH OUT

DIRECT ACCESS TO THE OCEAN

EL NINO

WEATHER PATTERN WHICH CAUSES HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ALONG THE

PACIFIC COAST EVERY TWO TO SEVEN YEARS

COUP

A SUDDEN OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT

CREOLES

SOUTH AMERICAN DESCENDENTS OF EUROPEAN SETTLERS