| A | B |
|---|
| diversity | variety |
| indigenous | descendants of a region's first inhabitants |
| injustice | unfair treatment of people |
| maquiladora | border factory |
| emigrate | to move put of one country to another |
| immigrant | a person who has moved into one country from another |
| Mexico City | the capital city of the country of Mexico |
| ethnic group | groups of people distinguished by race, language, religion or cultural traditions |
| Carnival | a celebration held throughout the Caribbean just before the beginning of Lent |
| Jamaica | large tropical island in the Caribbean |
| Cuba | the largest island in the Caribbean region |
| Hispaniola | Caribbean island that is home to the Dominican Republic and Haiti |
| Trinidad and Tobago | where the largest Carnival celebration takes place |
| subsistence farming | growing enough food for the farmers' own families |
| import | to buy goods from another country |
| Andes | huge mountain range that runs almost the whole length of the west coast of South America |
| Chile | long, thin country in South America that has many different geographic regions |
| Argentina | a country in southern South America with vast plains called pampas |
| Brazil | South America's largest country |
