Latin American History
Which of these is an ancient Latin American Civilization:
Huang He
Peru
Inca
Inca
Colonists and explorers came over from Europe to Latin America. Which theme is that an example of?
Movement
What is the most common climate in Brazil?
Tropical Wet and Dry
What word means "preserving a resource and trying not to waste it"
Conservation
Which group of people believe that they have a right to the Amazon because they have been there the longest?
Native Amazonians
Which of these is NOT an ancient Latin American Civilization:
Inca
Aztec
Egypt
Egypt
Mesoamerica is a flat, low area filled with lakes, rivers and streams. What theme of geography is this an example of?
Place
What is at least one climate zone that does NOT exist in Latin America?
Tundra, subarctic
What word means "a large farm that grows one, usually cash, crop"
Plantation
What makes a land use sustainable?
It uses resources without using them up or destroying them
What two empires conquered most of Latin America, leading to the two main languages still spoken in the region?
The Spanish and The Portuguese
Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere, meaning it is fully South of the equator?
Location
What is the most common resource in Venezuela?
Petroleum
What word means "a soldier and explorer of the Spanish Empire"
Conquistador
What country contains the most of the Amazon?
Brazil
Which ancient Latin American civilization is from Central Mexico, with a capital called Tenochtitlan?
Aztec
Latin America is a large part of the world where the primary languages spoken are Spanish and Portuguese?
Region
Name at least one city with over 8,000,000 people in Latin America
Many answers
What word means "a narrow strip of land between land"
Isthmus
Which three groups do NOT use the Amazon sustainably?
Settlers, Loggers and Cattle Ranchers
What were at least two of the "Three Gs" that explorers and colonists wanted to get in Latin America?
Gold, Glory and God
The Terrace Farming techniques developed by the Inca allowed them to adapt to the harsh environment of the Andes Mountains.
HEI
What is the most common elevation in Latin America?
0 - 1,000 feet
What word means "native people, the first people to live in an area"
Indigenous people
What is the cause of the land use conflict in the Amazon?
Different people want to use the Amazon for different, incompatible things