Matching Pairs Latin America Colonization Online version Vocabulary that is important for the colonization of Latin American. by Scott Pearson 1 Latin America 2 Panama Canal 3 Modification 4 Renewable Resource 5 Deforestation 6 Colonization 7 Non-Renewable Resource 8 Columbian Exchange 9 Cultural Diffusion 10 Conquest Refers to countries in the Americas where Spanish, Portuguese or French languages are widely spoken. The process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another. To make minor or partial changes to something. A man-made waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally. Control of a place or people by use of military force. The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. Clearing forests to use the area for other purposes. Refers to a natural resource that cannot be remade or replenished. An interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus.