Latin America Geography
Latin America Ancient Civilizations
Columbian Exchange
Latin America Economy
Latin America Facts
100
This South American country is covered mostly by the Amazon Rainforest
What is Brazil?
100
This empire was located in Mexico, and their capital city of Tenochtitlan is now Modern Day Mexico City
What is the Aztecs?
100
This trade network between the Old World and New World, opened up thanks to Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas. Food, animals, plants, ideas, diseases and unfortunately, humans were traded during this time.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
100
Banks and economy are not controlled by the government at all (Ex. Panama)
Market (Free Enterprise)
100
This is the dominant language of most of Latin America, thanks to it's colonizers...
what is Spanish?
200
This country is just south of the United States, speaks Spanish and was home to the Aztecs and their capital city.
What is Mexico?
200
This empire stretched from the Yucatan Peninsula down to the country of El Salvador in Central America
What is the Mayans
200
Europe, Africa and Asia are known as...
What is the Old World?
200
Economy based on traditions, trading and no technology
What is traditional?
200
This is the dominant religion in Latin American, thanks to it's colonizers
What is Catholicism?
300
Mexico, Central America and South America are known as...
What is Latin America?
300
This empire was located mainly in Peru, but was responsible for building thousands of miles of roads and trading networks.
What is The Incas?
300
The Americas (North, Central and South) are known as...
What is the New World?
300
Government controls all businesses and other economic decisions (ex. Cuba)
What is Command/Communist
300
Who colonized most of Latin America?
Spain
400
This mountain range is the largest in Latin America, running almost the entire length of South America's west coast, and was home to the Incan Civilization
What is the Andes Mountains?
400
The Aztecs favorite sport Tatchli is similar to what popular modern day sport? (Except now you aren't killed when you lose)
Basketball
400
Cocoa beans came from the ____ world to the ____ world.
what is new, old?
400
most decisions are made by business owners and individuals
what is a mixed economy?
400
Brazil is unique in Latin America because this country does not speak Spanish, what do they speak?
Portuguese
500
This geographic feature is the largest in the world and supplies the planet with almost 20% of it's useable oxygen.
Amazon Rainforest
500
This Ancient Civilization is famous for mapping the stars and planets to create one of the first and most accurate calendars in the world
The Mayans
500
The Columbian Exchange is the ultimate example of cultural what...
what is diffusion?
500
Type of economy based on competition, businesses make their own decisions about what to produce and whom to hire (ex. Brazil)
What is a Market Economy?
500
What country colonized Brazil?
Portugal