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The Americas and the Americans Vocabulary Words

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  • A ____ is a piece of land that reaches out into the sea from a larger body of land.
    peninsula
  • Anglo is a word root meaning ________ or __________.
    English or England
  • TRUE OR FALSE: When we say that Canada and the United States share a British heritage that means the two countries are exactly alike in their ways of life.
    False
  • Latin Americans often refer to the people who live in the United States as _______.
    North Americans
  • Region in the Americas and the Caribbean whose residents predominantly speak Spanish or Portuguese.
    Latin America
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into Anglo America and Latin America. In which region is the Caribbean Islands?
    Latin America
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into Anglo America and Latin America. In which region is the Mexico?
    Latin America
  • It is an area that shares some common characteristics or feature, such as culture.
    region
  • Many people in Anglo America share a common ______ heritage and a common language, _______.
    British, English
  • All the people living in Anglo-America and Latin America in the Western Hemisphere are "____."
    Americans
  • The Spanish and Portuguese languages come from _____, the language of the Roman Empire.
    Latin
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into two large cultural regions. These are ____.
    Anglo-America and Latin America
  • People from Brazil call themselves as _____.
    Brazilian
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into Anglo America and Latin America. In which region is the South America?
    Latin America
  • TRUE or FALSE: United State's system of government more closely resembles the British system.
    False
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into Anglo America and Latin America. In which region is the United States?
    Anglo-America
  • The Western Hemisphere can be divided into Anglo America and Latin America. In which region is the Canada?
    Anglo-America
  • A ____ is something passed on to people from their great-grandparents and others before them.
    heritage
  • TRUE or FALSE: The countries may share an Iberian heritage, but no two countries of Latin America are exactly alike.
    True