Vocabulary
What is an isthmus?
This is the ancient grain that originates in the Peruvian Andes.
What is quinoa.
What are human figures with oversized heads?
As depicted in the movie Rio, this celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil involves very colorful parades and lively music and dancing.
What is Carnival?
This symbol appears on the Canadian flag.
What is the maple leaf?
This vocabulary word refers to a large group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
This is the high quality fiber that is harvested and manufactured in Peru.
Due to the size of Brazil, this is the most commonly spoken language of South America - even though almost all of the other 11 countries speak Spanish.
What is Portuguese?
Seasons are opposite below this imaginary line.
What is the equator?
Canada is responsible for nearly 85% of this particular sweet treat.
What is maple syrup?
This vocabulary word refers to people of Spanish and Indian decent.
What is mestizo?
What is Machu Picchu?
This is the period of time dedicated to celebrating the independence of five Central American countries.
This researcher proved the Theory of Evolution by observing geographically separated species of finches in the Galapagos Islands.
What is Charles Darwin?
This Mexican holiday celebrates deceased loved ones, and is often confused for Halloween by Americans.
What is Day of the Dead?
This vocabulary word refers to a type of tourism that involves admiring nature and animals in their natural habitat.
What is ecotourism?
The early Paracas civilization in 800-1000 BCE practiced this body modification.
What is skull elongation?
This is the largest lake in South America, steeped in Incan mythology and history and biodiversity unlike anywhere else in the world.
What is Lake Titicaca?
Translating to "The Golden" in Spanish, this legend refers to a very rich ruler who bathed himself in gold and washed it off in a sacred lake, leaving behind a lost city of gold.
What is El Dorado?
Contrary to popular misconception, this Mexican holiday celebrates a battle that was fought against the French and won by the Mexican people, rather than their independence day.
What is Cinco de Mayo (the 5th of May)?
This vocabulary word refers to the process of clearing land- cutting down trees, removing plant-life and wildlife.
What is deforestation?
Ancient people created these geoglyphs (shapes) in the desert by strategically removing the dark soil and exposing the pale earth underneath.
What are the Nazca Lines?
This colorful river in Colombia, called a liquid rainbow, is the product of the reproductive process of the aquatic plants underwater.
What is the Cano Cristales?
This rainforest is known as "The Earth's Lungs" but is rapidly being reduced in size due to deforestation.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
Chichén Itzá is a popular Mayan tourist site in Mexico that represents this, which is still used today.
What is a calendar?