Latin America Geography
Latin America History
Latin America Random
Latin America Environment
Miscellaneous
100
Major Environmental challenge in Brazil and surrounding areas of the Amazon Rainforest
What is Deforestation?
100
This colonizing country introduced the Spanish language and Catholicism to Latin America
What is Spain?
100
This is the dominant religion in Latin America
What is Catholicism?
100
The Amazon Rainforest is facing this problem due to logging, cattle ranching, farming, etc.
What is deforestation?
100
Famous cultural celebration before lent, most associated with Brazil
What is Carnival?
200
Pollution from urban areas in Latin America have led to the use of __________ as an alternative form of travel to help reduce pollution from cars.
What is bicycle?
200
Climate event, that is caused by WARMER oceans and can lead to heavy rain and FLOODING
What is El Nino?
200
Major river that contains the largest rainforest basin, spans multiple South American Countries
What is Amazon River?
200
Slums of Sao Paolo, Brazil
What is Favelas?
200
Climate of Northern Mexico
What is Dry?
300
This mountain range is the largest in Latin America that also creates rain shadow effect on Patagonia.
What is the Andes Mountains?
300
individuals born in Spain who held the highest social, political, and economic status in the Spanish colonies of the Americas
Peninsulares
300
What is the name of someone who is of mixed Spanish and Native American Heritage?
Who are the Mestizos?
300
Used by native peoples and today by poor farmers in the Amazon Basin, MAJOR cause of DEFORESTATION
What is Slash- and-burn?
300
Region is South America that is Dry, barren, windy climate, caused by the rain shadow effect of Andes Mountains
What is Patagonia?
400
These are the TWO geographic features that make up most of South America.
Amazon Basin/Rainforest and Andes Mountains
400
The Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521, it is where Mexico City now stands
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
Leads to pollution of water sources
What is rapid Urbanization?
400
People of Spanish descent born in the Americas, who formed a distinct social class in colonial Latin America
Creoles or Criollos
400
Effect of DEFORESTATION: land dries up, loses nutrients, becomes barren
What is Desertification?
500
Biodiverse region of Latin America, with high concentration of threatened plant and animals
What is Costa Rica and Panama.?
500
Blend of Catholicism and West African Religous Practices
What is Santeria?
500
Complex urban centers, advanced Mathematical and Calander making. Mysteriously vanished leaving only their complex buildings behind.
Who are the Mayans
500
Major economic sector in Central America
What is Agriculture?
500
Indicators of a stronger more successful nations
What is Higher Life Expectancy?