Regions
Physical Features
History
Author's Intent (P.I.E)
Structure, Authority, Origin
100
This country is the furthest north in Latin America.
What is Mexico?
100
Panama links North America to South America, and is an example of what kind of geographic feature?
What is an isthmus?
100
This Caribbean island is not a country but is instead a US Territory.
What is Puerto Rico? (Bonus +500 if you said the U.S. Virgin Islands)
100
The author behind the average Wikipedia article writes to ________ their reader.
What is inform?
100
Where in the citation will we usually find the author of the source?
What is the beginning of the citation?
200
This region connects Mexico and South America.
What is Central America?
200
This is the world's largest mass of vegetation.
What is the Amazon Rain Forest?
200
Most of Latin America was colonized by this empire after Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492.
What is the Spanish Empire?
200
The creator of a graph reporting the results of a government election is seeking to _________ the reader.
What is inform?
200
Where in the citation will we usually find the structure of our source?
What is the end of the citation?
300
This region is a series of Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Caribbean?
300
This mountain range runs along South America's western coast.
What is the Andes?
300
This empire lived in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
Who are the Incas?
300
The writer of a New York Times opinion article that discusses why the government needs to pass a new law is seeking to _________ their readers.
What is persuade?
300
What is the structure of this source?
National Geographic, Atlas for Young Explorers, 1999, Atlas
What is an atlas?
400
This region is the furthest south in Latin America.
What is South America?
400
The Amazon River Basin is found in this continent.
What is South America?
400
This US state was once a part of the Mexican Empire before winning its independence in the 1830s and was its own country for a short time before petitioning to join the United States.
What is Texas?
400
The biggest reason that Lin Manuel Miranda-the creator of Hamilton the Musical-wrote the script was to ___________ the audience.
What is entertain?
400
What is the authority of this source:
Theodore White, One Wished for a Cry, Life Magazine, 1963, Magazine Article
Who is Theodore White & Life Magazine
500
What river marks the border between Texas and Mexico?
The Rio Grande River
500
This canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and runs through a Central American country of the same name.
What is the Panama Canal?
500
This empire built its capital city on the site of what is now Mexico City. They were known for their pyramid-like temples and the use of human sacrifice to appease their gods.
What was the Aztec Empire?
500
The creator of this poster is trying to ______ the viewer.
What is to persuade?
500
What is the Origin of this source?
Thomas Paines, Common Sense, January 1776, Philadelphia, PA, Pamphlet
What is January 1776 & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania