Latin American Cultural HeritageMonday, November 11, 2013

Mr. Broughman

• Name: Chichen Itza• Location: Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico• Information: Example of a Mayan Native

American city from about 600 to 1200 A.D.

• Name: Machu Picchu• Location: Andes Mountains of Peru• Information: Ancient Incan Indian city built

around 1400 A.D.; unknown until 1911

• Name: Tikal• Location: Northern Guatemala• Information: Urban center of Mayan

civilization; one of the largest intact examples of pre-colonization Indian architecture

• Name: Hacienda (Spanish for “Estate”)• Location: Throughout Latin America• Information: A large Latin America plantation

noted for growing cash crops and employing many people

• Name: Cathedral• Location: Throughout Latin America• Information: Site of worship for Catholic

Christians; 90% of Latinos are Catholic; passed down from European colonizers

• Name: Ejido• Location: Throughout rural Latin America• Information: A large Latin American

communal farm in which many people in a community own part of the farm

• Name: Christ the Redeemer• Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil• Information: Symbol of Christianity and

Brazil; overlooks the city from Corcovado

• Name: Angel of Independence• Location: Mexico City, Mexico• Information: Victory column for Mexico’s

independence from Spain

• Name: The Moai• Location: Easter Island, Chile• Information: 887 sculptures that line the edge

of Easter Island; representatives of the Rapa Nui’s ancestors; built between 1250 and 1500