These are picture writings on ancient temples that tell a story
What are glyphs?
100
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization beginning in 1519
Who is Hernan Cortes?
100
The Amazon Rain Forest has experienced this in the last 50 years
What is the destruction of 20% of its land area because of deforestation
100
This city is located on the area that used to be Tenochtitlan
What is Mexico City?
200
The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest _____
What is tropical rain forest?
200
This occurs when religious beliefs are blended such as Catholicism and native religions in Latin America
What is syncretism?
200
In this century much of Latin America's nations became independent
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
200
This is South America's largest lake
What is Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela?
200
Puerto Rico and some of the Virgin Islands belong to this nation
What is the USA?
300
Parallel mountain ranges are called this in Latin America
What are cordilleras?
300
This Mexican artist was known for his murals and political artwork
Who is Diego Rivera?
300
After independence many Latin American nations experienced this
What was political and economic instability?
300
This estuary contains three rivers that drain into the Atlantic Ocean near Buenos Aires
What is the Rio de la Plata?
300
Many Caribbean Islands are actually these
What are volcanic peaks?
400
This is the world's highest navigatable lake and is located in the Andes Mountains
What is Lake Titicaca?
400
The Maya civilization is known for their skill and achievements in these areas
What are mathematics and astronomy?
400
This was the island location of the first European settlement in Latin America
What is the island of Hispaniola?
400
Large mechanized farms found in South America
What are latifundias?
400
Many present day Maya descendants live here
What is the Yucatan in Mexico and Central America?
500
This road stretches from northern Mexico to southern Chile
What is the Pan-American Highway?
500
This was the transfer of plants; animals and diseases between the New World (Western Hemisphere including Latin America) and the Old World (Europe and Africa)
What was the Columbian Exchange?
500
This was the first nation in Latin America to become independent in 1804 when it broke free from the French Empire
What is Haiti?
500
These grasslands are found in Argentina
What are the pampas?
500
Foreign corporations establish these to exploit low wage labor in Mexico