Geography
What is the largest country in Latin America?
Brazil
Which rainforest is often called “the lungs of the Earth”?
The Amazon Rainforest
What is the most widely spoken language in Latin America?
Spanish
What type of government do most Latin American countries have today?
Republic
Which explorer is credited with bringing European attention to the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
On which continent is the Amazon River mainly located?
South America
What type of climate does most of the Amazon Rainforest have?
Tropical climate
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
Which political ideology is Cuba known for?
Communism
Which ancient civilizations lived in Central America and southern Mexico?
The Aztec and Maya civilizations
What river forms part of the natural border between the United States and Mexico?
Rio Grande
El Niño mainly affects what in Latin America?
Weather
What traditional Mexican music style features musicians wearing large hats?
Mariachi
Why did many Latin American countries want independence?
They wanted to rule themselves
The Inca civilization was mainly located in which mountain range?
The Andes Mountains
Along which side of South America does the Andes Mountains stretch?
The western side
What is one reason the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed?
Farming
“Día de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) is a traditional celebration of which country?
Mexico
Simón Bolívar is best known for being a leader of what movement?
Latin American independence movements
What treaty divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Which landlocked country in South America has no direct access to the ocean?
Bolivia
What is the driest desert in the world, located in Chile?
The Atacama Desert
Latin American culture is a mix of which three groups?
Indigenous people, Europeans, and Africans
Which South American territory is still an overseas department of France?
French Guiana
Machu Picchu is a famous site built by which civilization?
The Inca civilization