The three major indigenous/native groups in Latin America.
What is Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas?
100
Widespread cutting of trees, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land.
What is deforestation?
100
The 3 regions of Latin America.
What is Central America, South America and Caribbean?
100
Costa Rica and Brazil produce most of its electricity through the use of...
What is POWER OF WATER! Hydro-electricity?
100
#1 cashcrop from Latin America.
What is coffee?
200
Two European countries that were most influential during the periods of imperialism and colonization.
FYI
Imperialism: policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Colonization:the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically
What is Spain and Portugal?
200
Country with the most rain forest.
What is Brazil?
200
Most developed country in Latin America.
What is Costa Rica?
200
Living in a country with military rule, dictatorship or oligarchy ...what are some things citizens are NOT able to do?
What is vote, vote for anyone opposing the gov't, voice negative opinions on gov't, varying answers...
200
Climate type -vegetation and climate depends on elevation
What is highland climate?
300
A person of mixed European and Native descent.
What is Mestizo?
300
Reason why most countries in Latin America have mountains and are prone (used to) volcanoes eruptions and earthquakes.
What is part of the Pacific Rim or Ring of Fire.
Tectonic plates moving!
300
Slum/ shanty towns in Brazil.
What is favelas?
300
Two groups of people that have opposing points of view on how tropical rain forest should be used.
What is environmentalist that want to protect the natural habit and the farmers that are trying to make a living?
300
The first thing you should do when a test question/problem contains a chart, map or a graph.
What is READ the TITLE, SUBTITLES, KEY, LEGEND, etc..
400
A person of mixed European and African descent.
What is Mulatto?
400
Reoccurring natural disaster that is a seasonal threat to the Caribbean Islands.
What is a hurricane?
400
Names of the four altitudinal zones of a mountain.
What is Tierra Helado, Fria, Templada and Caliente
400
What do the governments of the USA, Canada and Mexico have in common?
What is DEMOCRACY?
400
Primary reason for increased migration to the USA from Latin America.
What is more jobs -- economic opportunities?
500
Two ways European explorers ended the lives of native people in Latin America.
What is disease (smallpox) and slavery?
You could even say weapons -swords...
500
Factor that creates the tropical climate in Latin America.
What is latitude?
the EQUATOR!
500
Factories found on the border of US and Mexico; built through NAFTA to improve economy.
What is maquiladoras?
500
Impact on the lives of the Europeans through the Columbian Exchange
What is transfer of new products -food and animals and agricultural practices -potato which encourage economic growth for European countries.
500
Mountain range where the Inca once controlled a vast empire.