Latin America
The main languages spoken in Latin America are:
What are Portuguese and Spanish?
Civilization known for establishing earliest well-developed written language is:
Who are the Maya?
What was Spanish Conquest?
Four of these countries are in Latin America: Mexico, United States, Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, Latina, Hawaii
What are Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Ecuador
If the question is "Which civilization had the greatest impact on us today?" you would begin your response with
What is "The civilization that had the greatest impact on us today is..."
Which of the following were NOT affected by Spanish invasions? The Inca, the Aztec, the Maya, or the Anasazi?
Who are the Anasazi?
Which of the following did the Maya NOT do? Floating gardens, concept of zero, 365 day calendar, hierglyphics
What are floating gardens?
The Inca city in the Andes that is remarkable for its stonework is
What is Machu Picchu?
Which of these is NOT a reason for deforestation in Latin America? building dams, grazing cattle, land preservation, or commercial farming?
What is land preservation?
The text says that the Maya were a very advanced civilization is an example of what part of RACECES
What is a cite?
A mountain range that is over 5000 miles long in Latin America is
What are the Andes?
The ancient Aztec City of Tenochtitlan is located in this modern day city
What is Mexico City?
One of these is a result of the ongoing loss of the Amazon Rainforest: more oxygen for the planet, extinction of rare species, increased medical discoveries, discovery or new species.
What is the extinction of rare species?
Portuguese is the main language of what Latin American country?
What is Brazil?
You could begin this part of RACECES with the word, Therefore
What is sum it up or summary?
A written language developed by the Maya was called
What are hieroglyphs?
One way the Incas adapted to their environment was to...
What are building stone terraces for farming?
These civilizations existed in Latin America before the Spanish arrived
What are the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs?
Latin America is located in which cardinal direction from the mainland United States?
What is south?
RACECES stands for
What is Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Cite, Explain, Sum it up
The exchange of products between Native Americans in Latin America and the Spanish was called
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What technological advancement helped pull together or unify the Inca Empire?
What are stone roads?
This civilization came up with the idea of the 365 day calendar and the concept or idea of zero
Who are the Maya?
The Amazon Rainforest is almost as large as what country?
What is the United States?
RACECES is a strategy for responding to this type of question
What is open-ended?