Day of the Dead
Physical and Political Geography
MR HELP
Vocab
Fun Facts
100

This is how you say Day of the Dead in Spanish.

What is El Día de los Muertos?

100

This is the largest country in area and population in Latin America.

What is Brazil?

100

These are the two most spoken languages in Latin America.

What is Spanish and Portuguese?

100

Define subsistence farming.

What is growing enough food to feed a family?

100

Ms. Sanborn has been to this Latin American country.

What is Mexico?

200

This is when Day of the Dead is celebrated.

What is October 31st - November 2nd?

200

This country had a slave uprising.

What is Haiti?

200

What are the three ancient civilizations groups? 

What is Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas?

200

What does MR HELP stand for?

What is Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place?

200

This Latin American country is also a US Territory.

What is Puerto Rico?

300

This US city celebrates Day of the Dead.

What is Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Austin, El Paso?

300

This is primarily found in the Andes Mountains.

What is mineral resources?

300

An agriculture practice used in Latin America where trees are cut and then the fields are burned clear

What is Slash-and-burn?

300

Define canopy.

What is a dense layer of leaves?

300

These are the three regions of Latin America.

What is Central America, the Caribbean, and South America?

400

These are the key elements of an Ofrenda.

What is photos, flowers, candles?

400

This river is 4,000 miles long.

What is the Amazon River?

400

What is the most common religious belief in Latin America?

What is Christianity? 

400

This is a steep slope.

What is an escarpment?

400

This is the most populous city in Latin America.

What is Mexico City, Mexico?

500

This is the Spanish word for sugar skulls

What is calaveras?

500

Name five Latin America countries.

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500

Give an example of relative location for Ecuador

Multiple answers. :)

500

Define terraced farming.

What is a form of farming that was used by the Inca for thousands of years in Peru, commonly used because it reduces soil erosion, involves making fields on hills and slopes?

500

Name the four reasons that trees are harvested in Latin America.

What is fuel, musical instruments, building materials and furniture?