Landforms and Climate
History
Culture
Economy
Mix and Match
100
World's second highest mountain range that runs through western South America
What are the Andes
100
Planatation crop grown in the Caribbean that resulting in a large number of slaves being brought to the area
What is Sugar Cane
100
The major religion practiced in Latin America
What is Roman Catholic
100
Yellow fruit that is a cash crop in Central America.
What is a bananna
100
Largest Portuguese speaking nation in the world
What is Brazil
200
Central America and the Caribbean have this type of climate
What is tropical wet and dry
200
Term for taking over the government by force. This occured in Argentina.
What is Coup
200
Papiamento and Creole are these.
What is languages (pidgin languages to be exact)
200
The United States, Mexico, and Canada formed this economic alliance in 1994
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
200
Commonly practiced religion in Haiti
What is Voodoo
300
Weather phenomenon occuring every few years bringing major floods to western South America
What is El Nino
300
South American country named for the man who led its independance movement.
What is Bolivia
300
Many people still speak Maya in this country
What is Mexico
300
What two Latin American countries have large deposits of oil that contribute to their economies?
What Mexico and Venezuela
300
Term for Slums around the outskirts of Rio de Janiero
What is a Favela
400
The most arid region in South America
What is the Atacama Desert
400
This Mayan capital city is now Mexico City
What is Tenochtitlan
400
The celebration of Carnivale is directly followed by this 40 day Christian celebration season
What is Lent
400
Crop being harvested on this Costa Rican plantation.
What is coffee
400
One of the leading causes for deforestation in the Amazon seen in this picture.
What is Slash and Burn Farming
500
Country in which this is located.
What is Venezuela
500
These remains belong to what early Latin American Civilization
What is the Inca Civilization
500
Three day Mexican celebration seen here.
What is Day of the Dead
500
Venezuela is the only country in the western hemiphere to be a pert of this organization.
What is OPEC
500
This country moved its capital city in order to reduce population conentration in the eastern part of the country and build the economy in western part of the country
What is Brazil