Many people in Central America are members of this group, an ethnic mix of European and indigenous peoples.
What is mestizo?
100
Much of Latin America was colonized by this European power.
What is Spain?
100
This is the majority religion of Latin America, especially in places colonized by Spain and Portugal.
What is Roman Catholicism?
100
This national sport of the U.S. is also very popular in the Dominican Republic and parts of South America.
What is baseball?
100
A popular ancient artform which has undergone a recent revival is this form, in which the artist makes a large picture from smaller pieces.
What is mosaic?
200
In the Bahamas, as in many Caribbean islands, a majority of people are descended from ancestors who came from this continent.
What is Africa?
200
The Maya and Aztec empires were located in this present-day country.
What is Mexico?
200
Tierra fria, tierra templada and tierra cliente are
What is syncretism?
200
This sport, for which Americans offer a resounding "Meh," has a huge following in South America (and pretty much everywhere else in the world).
What is soccer (or futbol)?
200
To be considered a megacity, a city must have a population of [this] many people.
What is 10,000,000?
300
Many people in South American countries are getting their education and then leaving for other countries, resulting in this phenomenon.
What is "brain drain"?
300
Christopher Columbus began Spanish colonization of Latin America from this island. He didn't reach the mainland of Central or South America until 1498.
What is Hispaniola?
300
The best schools in Mexico are usually in this setting.
What is urban?
300
This popular wall ball game was the subject of a YouTube video shown in class.
What is jai alai?
300
The Maya lived on this peninsula, the "boot" of Mexico.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
400
Small area combined with high populations gives Mexico City [this].
What is high population density?
400
Independence from their metropoles made many former Latin American colonies unstable, leading to the setup of these kind of governments.
What is totalitarian (or dictatorships)?
400
Many Caribbean societies have [this] kind of structure, in which a woman is the leader.
What is matriarchal?
400
Baseball first entered the Caribbeans when American sailors taught it to people on this island.
What is Cuba?
400
This South American place is actually a member of the European Union.
What is French Guiana?
500
Mexico City is the political, economic, and cultural capital of Mexico, making it Mexico's [this] city.
What is "primate city"?
500
This pre-Columbian civilization was skilled in engineering, as shown by the terraces they dug into the Andes Mountains for their farming.
Who were the Inca?
500
Many places in the Caribbean have these kinds of dialects, which mix indigenous, European, African, and Asian languages.
What is patois?
500
This national sport of Mexico was brought from Spain, where it has now become very controversial due to animal rights concerns.
What is bull-fighting?
500
To encourage people to move to the interior, Brazil planned a new capital called [this].