WG VA SOL 4 Latin America Vocabulary

cities that contain more than 10 million people

farming that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus

a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land

farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community

A Spanish word for a person of mixed Native American and European ancestry

a chain of islands

Vegetation zones determined by climate changes brought on by elevation changes

huge ranches that covered thousands of acres

slums or shantytowns in Brazil, most often found in urban areas

Cowboys of the pampas of Argentina