Latin America A
Latin America B
Latin America C
Surprise A
Surprise B
100
This statement describes the climate throughout Latin America
What is VARIES FROM PLACE TO PLACE?
100
Roads, bridges, and aqueducts are accomplishments of this ancient civilization
What is the INCA CIVILIZATION?
100
The Aztec's civilization was built here
What is THE VALLEY OF MEXICO? (or Mexico City or Lake Texcoco)
100
Knotted strings the Inca used to record information
What are QUIPUS?
100
This Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who is FERDINAND MAGELLAN?
200
This Haitian leader helped end slavery in Haiti
Who is TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE?
200
Rivers in Central America are used to create this.
What is HYDROELECTRIC POWER?
200
Disease, help from other native tribes, better weapons and better armor all contributed to this
What is SPANISH VICTORY OVER THE AZTECS and INCAS?
200
This country, according to Canadians, has too much influence over Canadian culture
What is AMERICA?
200
A person who believes in MANY gods is this
What is POLYTHEISTIC?
300
When the price of oil rose in the 1980's, many Latin American countries did this
What is BORROW MONEY TO IMPROVE (diversify)THEIR ECONOMY?
300
This imaginary line divided control of territory in the Americas between Spain and Portugal
What is THE LINE OF DEMARCATION?
300
The 3 Nations that are part of NAFTA
What are: 1. The United States 2. Canada 3. Mexico
300
To preserve their culture, many French Canadians want this to happen
What is QUEBEC TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY?
300
Copan and Tikal were both cities of this civilization
What is MAYA CIVILIZATION?
400
The Maya invented this math concept
What is ZERO?
400
The tropical wet and dry climate of the caribbean is good for farming these
What are BANANAS and SUGARCANE?
400
Foreign companies in Latin America often do this
What is CONTROL THE ECONOMIES IN LATIN AMERICA?
400
The type of economy in which the government owns most of the businesses and farmland
What is COMMUNISM?
400
The majority of Chile's popultion is this ethnic makeup
What is MESTIZO?
500
The oil industry caused this country to become the richest in Latin America the 1970's and early 1980's
What is VENEZUELA?
500
This is the longest and most narrow country in the world
What is CHILE?
500
A large farm of plantation in Latin America
What is HACIENDA?
500
A warming of the ocean currents along western South America is known as this
What is EL NINO?
500
A strip of land with water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land
What is AN ISTHMUS?
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