Economics 101
What is an export?
An export is goods a country sends to other countries.
Double Jeopardy: You can double the points earned if you can define imports as well.
Which altitude zone is where most humans desire to live?
Tierra Templada
What method did people of the lowlands use in order to grow crops?
Slash and burn
Double Jeopardy: You can earn double the points if you can define nomads.
Which religion did Spanish missionaries try to convert Natives to?
Christianity
What happened to the Natives of South America?
Epidemic and Enslaved
As altitude increases what are two things that decrease?
Climate, Crops, Rainfall
How do rainforests help reduce the effects of global warming?
Trees/plants absorb carbon dioxide
Which tribe continues life as descendants of the Inca?
Quecha
Name two ways in which African slaves helped the Portuguese become wealthy.
Working in gold/diamond mines, sugar/coffee plantations
Oil and coal are examples of...
Fossil Fuels
Who killed Atahualpa, the Incan emperor?
Francisco Pizarro
Name at least three diseases faced by Native populations after European colonizers arrived.
Measles
Influenza
Malaria
Smallpox
What are three reasons for deforestation?
cattle grazing
timber
commercial agriculture
Double points: Double points if you name a specific example of land being cleared for commercial agriculture that we have learned about.
Name two adaptations the Incan empire created in order to live in their mountainous environment.
Suspension bridges
Roads
Irrigation Canals
Terraced Fields
Why is it an issue for Argentina to have a dependence on soybean production?
If something happens to the crop then they won't be able to recover as quickly as someone who has a dependence on multiple crops. Other answers may vary.
List the altitude zones in order. You can start from the top or the bottom.
Tierra Helada
Tierra Fria
Tierra Templada
Tierra Caliente
What are the two differences between global warming and climate change?
Climate change is natural and slower. Global warming is caused by humans and happens faster.
The Treaty of Tordesillas was meant to avoid conflict between which two countries?
Portugal and Spain
Double Jeopardy: Your points will double if you can explain what the treaty did.