What did the Incas build their large cities and temples from?
Large BOULDERS with NO MORTAR (cement glue)
100
How many countries are in South America?
12
100
Where and why are trees mainly harvested in Latin America?
Trees are cut down and for lumber in Brazil.
100
What is a cash crop?
A crop produced for its commercial value, rather than for use by the farmers.
100
What is the largest country in Latin America?
Brazil
200
What kind of farming techniques did the Incas employ (use)?
1) TERRACED FARMING ("stairs") due to mountainous habitat
2) Build complex IRRIGATION system
3) Used FERTILIZER
200
How many countries are in Central America? What are their names?
7; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica
200
Where in Latin America are gold and silver mined?
Gold and silver are mined in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.
200
What are a group of Colonies that are controlled by one ruler or country called?
An empire
200
What two (2) countries share an island in the Caribbean Sea?
Haiti and Dominican Republic
300
What were a three (3) animals domesticated by the Incas?
1) Inca Cuy
2) Alpaca
3) Dogs
300
Middle America: This area includes Mexico, Central America, and _____ island nations in the _________________ Sea.
13
Caribbean
300
Where is bauxite mined and what is made out of it?
Bauxite is mined in Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname and is used to make aluminum.
300
What is a cabildo?
Town governments set up by Spanish colonizers who were wealthy landowners.
300
What island in the Caribbean Sea is part of the United States?
Puerto Rico
400
How did the Incan empire fall?
After a terrible CIVIL WAR that weakened the empire, the Incan Emperor Atahuapa, was TRICKED and KILLED by Francisco Pizzaro, a Spanish conqueror.
400
What is the long mountain range in western South America?
The Andes
400
Where in Latin America is oil primarily found?
Oil is found primarily in Mexico and Venezuela.
400
What is the encomienda system?
Large pieces of land given to the Spanish settlers by the King of Spain.
400
The Rio Grande is at the border of what two countries?
Mexico and the United States.
500
How did Catholicism effect the Incas?
The Spanish DESTROY WEALTH, BURN BOOKS, and tried to CONVERT Incas to Catholicism.
500
What are the Pampas?
An area in South America that is a flat, grassy, temperate plain.
500
What metal is mined in Chile and Bolivia?
Copper
500
What is the idea that the purpose of the colonies was to provide as many raw material as possible to make the colonizing country more wealthy (but NOT to make the colonies in Latin America wealthy) called?