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2) What businesses might want to cut down trees, and why would environmentalists want to protect trees?

 * __Key Vocabulary:__**

1) tributary 2) deforestation 3) Tropical Zone 4) El Nino 5) Machu Picchu 6) Atahualpa 7) Francisco Pizarro 8) Hernan Cortes 9) Montezuma II 10) Chinampas 11) hieroglyphs 12) Columbian Exchange

Learning Latin America


 * Chapter 1: Latin America: Physical Geography**


 * __Objectives:__**

1) Be able to identify Latin America as a culture region and show the influence of physical geography on Mexico.

2) Be able to describe Central America and the formation of the Caribbean Islands.

3) Be able to describe important geographic features of South America.

4) Be able to explain climate variations in the region.


 * __Key Vocabulary:__**

1) tributary 2) deforestation 3) Tropical Zone 4) El Nino

Chapter 6 Lesson 2: Ancient Latin America

__**Objectives:**__

1) Be able to identify major ancient civilizations in Latin America and explain the civilization and accomplishment of the ancient Maya.

2) Be able to describe the Aztec culture and relitigion.

3) Be able to identify the features of the Inca Empire.

4) Be able to explain the effects of Spanish rule in Latin America.