Deforestation
Colonization
Latin America
Conquest
Cultural Diffusion
Panama Canal
Modification
Columbian Exchange
Renewable Resource
Non-Renewable Resource
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.
Control of a place or people by use of military force.
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.
The process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another.
Refers to a natural resource that cannot be remade or replenished.
To make minor or partial changes to something.
Clearing forests to use the area for other purposes.
Refers to countries in the Americas where Spanish, Portuguese or French languages are widely spoken.