History Chapter 4-7 Terms

Quadrilla

Group of mountain ranges that run parallel to each other

Degradation

overall reductions of a forests quality or health

Slash and burn

farming method where a forest is cut down and burned

Watershed

area where precipitation collects and drains in a common body of water

War of independence

US war against Britian

Concurrent powers

power sharred by natural and state levels

Assimilation

process of adopting the elements of a culture

USMCA

Abbreviation of agreement between America, Canada, and New Mexico

Cultural Mosaic

society where people of different cultures keep their traditions

Cape horn

Southern tip of south america

Pico de Oriziba

Highest mountains in central america

Day of the dead

most important observances in Mexico

Martin Luther

German monk that started protestant reformation

AUCA

the 5 misionares that died were part of

Subsidies

financial assistance from government for business

Syncretism

fusion of cultural or religious belief system

Brazil

Country with most coffee production

Maple leaf

prominate symble of canada

Intertropical convergent zone

Area of tropics

Catholicsim

Vadican city is the center what religion

Wily dondero act

made americans help St lawrence

Creoles

Decendents of European bor in latin america