Mexico
C. America & Caribbean
Brazil and It's Neighbors
The Andean Nations
Pot Luck
100
This river forms most of Mexico's northern border.
What is the Rio Grande River?
100
The islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispanola (Haiti, Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico form this island group.
What are the Greater Antilles?
100
These are the central plains of Argentina where two-thirds of its population lives.
What are the pampas?
100
We call people with mixed European and Native American ancestry this term.
What is a mestizo?
100
These type of industries provide a service rather than a product.
What are service industries?
200
He lead the Spanish Army in Mexico in 1519.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
This Central American country has no standing Army.
What is Costa Rica?
200
This South American colony uses the Euro for its currency.
What is French Guiana?
200
This nation's name means "land of abundance".
What is Peru?
200
This Central American country has the largest population?
What is Guatemala?
300
Vacationers enjoy the beaches and climates of which three popular coastal resort cities.
What are Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, and Cancun?
300
Citizens on this Caribbean island are US citizens.
What is Puerto Rico?
300
This nation declared its independence from Portugal in 1822.
What is Brazil?
300
These mountains run through six nations of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
300
During most of the 1800s and 1900s, Venezuela was ruled by these individuals.
What is a caudillo?
400
Name three results of Mexico's growing border cities.
What are expanding populations, higher standards of living and increased pollution?
400
This Central American country was once a colony of Great Britain
What is Belize?
400
This term is used for the citizens of Buenos Aires.
What are portenos?
400
This landform was created by the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains.
What is the Atacama Desert?
400
This Andean nation borders both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
What is Columbia?
500
Name the large, flat center of Mexico where most of its people live.
What is the Plateau of Mexico?
500
All Central American countries have this type of government.
What is democratic? (6 Republics, 1 Parliamentary Democracy)
500
This Latin American nation is the second largest in land area.
What is Argentina?
500
This was the ancient language of the Inca.
What is Quechua?
500
These Native Americans built the city of Tenochtitlan.
Who were the Aztecs?
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