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