Culture
Columbian Exchange
Environmental Problems
Physical Features
Latin American Countries
100
What is the main religion in Latin America?
Catholicism
100

Who was the explorer whose voyages began the Columbian Exchange?

Christopher Columbus 

100

What is the purpose of the Rainforest?

It is home to many different plants and animals

100
What river runs mostly through Brazil?
Amazon River
100
What is the largest and most populated country in Latin America?
Brazil
200
What are the two main languages spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
200

What group of native people did Columbus encounter and enslave in the Caribbean?

The Taino

200
What causes the air pollution in Mexico City (human causes)?
Emissions from cars and factories
200
What mountain range runs throughout Mexico, creating the Mexican Plateau?
Sierra Madre Mountains
200

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

A body of water that lies between Mexico and Florida

300
What can a literate person do?
Read and write
300

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs in 1519?

Hernán Cortés

300
Give two reasons that the forest is being cut down in Brazil.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
300

What is a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides & joins two larger bodies of land?

An isthmus

300

What Latin America country borders the United States?

Mexico

400
What is a mulatto?
Person with European and African ancestors
400

What was one advantage the Spanish had over the Aztecs?

Guns, horses, steel weapons, or diseases

400

Which country has a problem with air pollution?

Mexico

400
What mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
400

What are the three Latin American regions we study in 6th grade Social Studies?

Mexico/Central America, Caribbean, South America 

500
What is a mestizo?
Person with European and Native American ancestors
500

What did Columbus originally want to find by sailing west?

A shorter route to Asia/India for trade

500
What geographical reason causes or worsens the air pollution in Mexico City?
The city lies in a crater shaped valley (city is surrounded by mountains)
500
Panama is an ____________, because it is a narrow strip of land that divides the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Isthmus
500
What country is considered an Isthmus?
Panama
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