https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt Latin America vocab en-us 2016-09-28 17:49:26 UTC 2024-08-03 03:56:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Cornershop.png 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127062350 a change in a way of life to suit new conditions

Sentence: The animals of the Galapagos Island's have many useful adaptations.]]> 2016-09-28 17:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127062350 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127063838 the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people

Sentence: When the USSR was powerful, many instances(Ukraine and Latvia etc.) of colonialism occurred.]]> 2016-09-28 17:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127063838 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127064896 raising crops for sale, often on large farms

Sentence: In Latin America there is a lot of commercial farming.]]> 2016-09-28 17:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127064896 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127065406 removing or clearing away the trees from a forest. Deforestation is often done to clear land for farming

Sentence: Deforestation is occurring in Haiti because of their coal based economy.]]> 2016-09-28 18:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127065406 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127066726 a kind of travel that attracts people who would like to visit unique ecosystems, such as a rainforest

Sentence: ecotourism is a big feature(and money maker) in the Amazon area.

]]> 2016-09-28 18:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127066726 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067044 Gross Domestic Product the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

Sentence: China has a big GDP because they are in their industrial revolution.]]> 2016-09-28 18:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067044 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067419 Gross Domestic Product the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

Sentence: The more per capita GPD the more rich that country is.

]]> 2016-09-28 18:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067419 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067874 Human Development Index looks at how countries are doing in terms of their economies, societies, and basic living standards

Sentence: The HDI sees many different types of countries(some more richer and some more poorer).]]> 2016-09-28 18:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127067874 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127068415 an American citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent

Sentence: In the US many hispanics have a special and unique culture.

]]> 2016-09-28 18:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127068415 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127068764 refers to immigration across national borders - legally and illegally

Sentence: A lot of people from Mexico are illegally and legally immigrating to the US.]]> 2016-09-28 18:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127068764 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069086 originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment

Sentence: Many indigenous people live in the Amazon Rainforest.]]> 2016-09-28 18:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069086 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069488 a person of Latin-American or Spanish-speaking descent

Sentence: There are many Latinos who live in the US.]]> 2016-09-28 18:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069488 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069824 an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico

Sentence: NAFTA helps all three of the countries' economies.]]> 2016-09-28 18:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127069824 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127070468 inheriting or determining descent through the male line

Sentence: In most societies, ancestry goes through the patrilineal line.]]> 2016-09-28 18:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127070468 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127070950 found in or living in areas that are not close to cities

Sentence: North Dakota is a very rural state.]]> 2016-09-28 18:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127070950 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127338634 an overcrowded, dirty area of a city where the housing is usually in very poor conditions (Favela is specific to Brazil.)

Sentence: All countries have slums, but countries with less money have even more.]]> 2016-09-29 17:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127338634 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127339147 the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others

Sentence: Some places in Mexico have spatial inequality, because some homes are nicer and more functional than others.]]> 2016-09-29 17:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127339147 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127339670 the overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country

Sentence: The US has a very big and good standard of living.]]> 2016-09-29 17:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127339670 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127340838 farming that provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale.

Sentence: In Latin America, many farmers do subsistence farming, because they don't have enough farmland to farm better.]]> 2016-09-29 17:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127340838 92895 https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127341439 the movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban (cities) areas

Sentence: During immigration urbanization occurs because some small town people go to a city.]]> 2016-09-29 17:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/92895/zypwy17j4blt/wish/127341439