| A | B |
|---|
| Argentina | wealthiest country in Latin America |
| Guatemala | Poorest countyr in Latin America |
| Mestizo | mixed ancestry from European Spanish and Indian |
| Mexico City | site of former Aztec capitol, Tenochtitlan |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land surrounded by water that connects two larger landmasses |
| NAFTA | drops trade barriers between U.S., Canada, and Mexico |
| Spain | main colonizer of Latin America |
| Portugal | Second colonizer of Latin America |
| Brazil | Portugese is the main language here |
| peninsulares | Spanish-born people living in Mexico |
| Cortez | Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztecs |
| Diego Rivera | famous mural painter from Mexico |
| Brasilia | Brazil's capitol city located in the interior part of the country |
| Greater Antilles | Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic, Jamica, and Puerto Rica |
| Lesser Antilles | Island nations that run north and south in the southeast Caribbean |
| archipelago | group of islands |
| windward | side of an island or mountain facing the wind |
| leeward | side of island or mountain facing away from the wind |
| favelas | slums in Latin America |
| Sierra Madre | mountains on the eastern and western coast of Mexico |
