Unit 2 - Latin America
Vocabulary Terms Checker

Choose the vocabulary term in each box that matches the definition that is found to the right of the vocabulary term.  When you feel that you are correct with ALL vocabulary terms, click the "Grade this Quiz" button at the bottom of the page.

Vocabulary Term	Definition
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A country that only relies on the sales of a single resource such as oil or corn or sugar.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A system of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A human-made river that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans together.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A sudden, illegal takeover of a government by use of force.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A period of rule or the time that a government is in power.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A country’s economic status depends on the per capita gross domestic product.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	The practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A ruler with complete control.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A chain of islands.
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	Another word for variety; also, having many different types of something .
Choose a vocab term... Coup One Resource Economy Dictator Regime Colonialism Developed/Developing/Undeveloped Economy Diversity Rainforest Isthmus Archipelago Panama Canal Communism	A forest with warm temperatures, high humidity, and thick vegetation that receives more than 100 inches of rain per year

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