What is a vast area of grassland and rich soil in Argentina and Uruguay
100
Who was Simon Bolivar?
What is a Venezuelan patriot who drove the Spanish from parts of South America.
100
What is the Mercosusr?
What is an economic common market in South America that began operating in the southern cone of South America
100
What is Capoeira
What is a mix of martial arts and dance which originated in Brazil, but it had African influences
100
What does the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
What is an agreement between Spain and Portugal which gave Portugal what is present day Brazil.
200
What is an Isthmus?
What is a land bridge, bordered on both sides by water, connecting bodies of land
200
Who was Vicente Fox?
What is a Mexican statesman from the National Action Party who ended PRI rule when elected president
200
What is an oligarchy?
What is a form of government ruled by the few
200
What was the conquista
What is the conquering of the native South Americans in South America
200
What does NAFTA stand for and what is its purpose?
What is North American Free Trade Agreement which allows free trade between America, Canada, and Mexico.
300
What is Machu Picchu and where is it located
What is a city built high by the Incas in the Andes Mountains of Peru
300
Who was Diego Rivera?
What is a Mexican painter who inspired a revival of fresco painting in Latin American and the United States.
300
What are maquiladoras and what do they do?
What is they are factories which assemble parts into finished products. Many are located along the Mexican-American border.
300
who is considered a mestizo?
What is a person with mixed Spanish and South Native American herigtage.
300
Who was the figure who led a slave rebellion on what island?
What is Toussant L'Ouverture and Haiti
400
Who were the Incas and where were did they rule?
What is an ancient civilization which lasted from early 13th century until 1572 when conquered by the Spanish. They mainly ruled much of Peru, Western Bolivia, Northern Chile, and a little bit of Northwestern Argentina
400
Who was the person who overthrew the Aztec empire by conquering its capital?...Which was
What is Hernando Cortes and Tenochtitlan
400
What is an informal economy?
What is people who provide cheap services which are not protected by government regulations.
400
What does Santeria mean?
What is a religion with mixed African and Catholic elements.
400
What country was named after Simon Bolivar?
What is Bolivia
500
List South America's three great river systems.
What is The Orinoco river, the Amazon river, and the Parana river.
500
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marques and what did this person do?
What is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer especially known for his books "100 Years of Solitude", "Autumn of the Patriarch", and "Love in the Time of Cholera". He won the nobel peace prize in 1982.
500
List two costs and two benefits for relying on tourism
Cost: If not many tourists visit, then they will not make enough money. Tourists can cause pollution or damage to the wildlife and environment of an area.
Benefit: If there are many tourists that year, then profits will be high. Creates many jobs which pay many people which raises the standard of living for that country.
500
List three ways the Spanish changed the Aztec culture.
What is Changed religion to Catholic, Changed language to Spanish, and Changed their system of government.
500
What are three old to new world items?
What are three new to old items?
New to Old: Potatoes, cocoa, and turkey.
Old to New: Pigs, coffee beans, and citrus fruits.
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