Vocabulary
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land that is surrounded by land on 3 different sides.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
the trading of goods, ideas, and culture between the Old World and the New World
What is the name of the indigenous (natives) that live in Mexico?
Aztecs
What are all the goods produced and services provided called?
a. Infant Mortality Rate
b. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
c. Life Expectancy
d. Health Care
b- GDP
How fast can a person's sneeze travel?
about 100 mph
What is an isthmus?
A small strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land.
What are some things that were traded in the Columbian Exchange?
foods, religion, ideas, language, technology, people
Who was able to conquer the Aztecs?
Cortez
What is the number of deaths of children under the age of 1 called? It has a reflection on the country's healthcare.
a. Infant Mortality Rate
b. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
c. Life Expectancy
d. Health Care
a-infant mortality rate
True/False: the DNA in a person's body, when uncoiled, can stretch from Pluto to the moon.
False-
It can stretch from Pluto to the Sun and back
What is the physical feature that saves distance, time, and money by creating a shortcut instead of having to go all the way around South America?
What is the number one killer of the Native Americans?
Diseases like small pox and measles
What were the reasons why Cortez and the rest of the Spanish came to the New World?
The 3 G's-Gold, Glory, and God
What is the phrase that means the average period that a person is expected to live? This is a reflection on a country's healthcare.
a. Infant Mortality Rate
b. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
c. Life Expectancy
d. Health Care
c- life expectancy
How many muscles do cat have in each ear?
32
Europe
What is one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange? What is one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange?
If a country has a high number of physicians is their healthcare strong or weak?
strong
How many ridges does a dime have around the edge?
118
What is the "New World"?
The Americas
Is the Columbian Exchange an important economical factor for the New World, Old World, or both?
Both
What is going to happen to the natives once the Spanish are in control?
They are going to be put into slavery and they are going to have to work under terrible conditions. Most will die from overworking, brutality, and disease.
no
Is only a Tiger's fur striped or is the skin striped too?
the skin is striped too