Brazil
South America
Mexico
Central America and the Caribbean
Odds and Ends
100
Name the largest river in Brazil and also in Latin America
What is the Amazon River
100
This country is long, skinny, and contains the Andes mountains. It has very little air pollution so they have many powerful satellite dishes.
What is Chile
100
What holiday do Mexicans celebrate Novemeber 2nd and 3rd by creating altars to their dead relatives
What is Day of the Dead
100
Which country has a famous canal which allows ships to cut through the central america from the Atlantic to Pacific ocean
What is Panama
100
What celebration do Latin Americans celebrate with large parade floats and dancing?
What is carnival
200
Name the official language of Brazil.
What is Portuguese
200
This country legally exports Coffee to the US and illegally exports Cocaine into the US
What is Columbia
200
What is the name of people who travel from place to place for work
What is a migrant worker
200
Which country has a communist government and has had a poor relationship with the US
What is Cuba
200
What is the name of a person who is half european and half native american
What is a mestizo
300
Name 2 large cities in Brazil
What is 1. Rio de Janiero 2. Sao Paulo 3. Brasilia
300
This is the Capital of Argentina which contains 1/3 of the entire population. It is also called the "Paris of the West"
What is Buenos Aires
300
What is the type of farming where a family or group of people makes enough only to feed themselves
What is subsistence farming
300
Which central american country is home to many Mayan decendants and experienced a violent revolution in the late 90's
What is Guatemala
300
What is the name of the large wall paintings made famous by Mexican Painter Diego Rivera
What is a mural
400
Name 3 valuable mineral sources which are in Brazil? In other words what are 3 things that Brazilians mine for.
What is 1. Iron Ore 2. Bauxite 3. Tin 4. Manganese 5. Gold 6. Diamonds 7. Silver
400
Which country is led by Hugo Chavez and recently found oil helping the economy.
What is Venezuela
400
DAILY DOUBLE WRITE DOWN HOW MUCH YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAGER. REMEMBER YOU CAN ONLY BET AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE
What percentage of Mexicans currently live in cities?
400
Which Central American country has never been at war in the last 200 years and enjoys a high literacy rate and good educational system
What is Costa Rica
400
What is the name of a language which is pieced together from several different languages for example Creole
What is a pidgin language
500
DAILY DOUBLE WRITE DOWN HOW MUCH YOUR TEAM WOULD LIKE TO WAGER. YOU CAN ONLY WAGER AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE
What is the name of the overcrowded slums which surround Brazilian Cities?
500
What is the name of the large treeless area where many Argentinans farm and raise cattle
What is the Pampas
500
What is the name of factories located near the border where parts are made and then sent to the US to be assembled
What is maquiladoras
500
Which Caribbean island is a commonwealth and actually part of the United States
What is Puerto Rico
500
What are 2 things Latin American people do to show that they think family is important. In other words, What do latin american families do that americans dont?
1. adult parents live near each other 2. cousins are very close 3. live with older relatives
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