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What are the 2 most common languages in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
100
4-day holiday celebrated just before Lent, is filled with food, music, and parades with colorful costumes and floats
Carnival
100
What physical feature helps provide the ability to transport goods throughout Brazil?
The Amazon River
100
Mexico is the worlds leading producer of what mineral?
Sliver
100
What is the most famous sport in Latin America?
futbol or soccer
200
Which Ancient civilization discovered chocolate?
Aztecs
200
What is the name of the statue and where is it located?
Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.
200
Who led Spain to the defeat of the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez
200
The Inca lived in the mountains, so therefore flatlands were rare. To address this problem, they created flat land by building steps of land for agriculture down the mountainside. They were great farmers with clever solutions to their farming problems.
What invention of the Inca is described in the passage?
Terrace farming
200
Name 2 Latin American dances
Merengue, Rumba, Salsa, and Tango
300
What Mexican celebration is illustrated in the picture above?
Dia de los Muertos
300
How much does a bottle of coke cost in Latin America
$1.20
300
Which major Latin American staple crop spread to Europe due to colonization and trade through the Columbian Exchange?
potato
300
What are the main 2 economic industries of Latin American countries?
mining and agriculture.
300
Which Latin American country represents group #2
Cuba
400
What statement could replace the question mark?
Used Native Americans and African slaves
400
Which part of Mexico did the Mayans live?
Yucatan Peninsula
400
How have the Mayans had a lasting influence on society today?
creating the 365 day calendar
400
What was the name of the 2 brothers who ruled Cuba for over 60 years?
Raul and Fidel Castro
400
What 2 countries teamed up against the United States in the Cold War?
Cuba and the Soviet Union
500
Gothic cathedrals reflect the influence of ______ _______ in Latin America
European culture/colonization
500
Provide 2 examples of governmental corruption in Latin America.
- Some Latin American leaders gaining unexplained wealth
- Some Latin American leaders enjoying privileges not given to their citizens
- Some Latin American leaders allowing drug trafficking and money laundering within their countries
500
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican army’s victory over who?
the French
500
What does art created by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera reflect?
Mexican history and culture
500
What is the name of the stone city the Incas built in the Andes Mountains?
Machu Pichu