Wise Words
History
Countries
Geography
Mystery
100
This is a person who rules a country with total power over everything
What is a dictator?
100
The first European explorer to discover Latin America
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The most populous country in Latin America
What is Brazil?
100
This ocean lies to the west of Central and South America
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
These are the name given to the famous Incan ruins found in Peru
What is Machu Picchu?
200
These people were a mix of Spanish and Native American ancestry
Who are mestizos?
200
This indigenous tribe were the first people to greet the first European explorers
Who are the Arawak (or the Taino)?
200
Santiago is the capital of this country
What is Chile?
200
This region consists of islands like Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Lesser Antilles.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
200
This is the most widely spoken language in South America
What is Portuguese?
300
This refers to your social or economic status, but it can also refer to this room
What is class?
300
Toussaint L'Ouverture led the first revolution in Latin America when he tried to free the slaves in this country
What is Haiti?
300
Last part of the natural land bridge between North and South America and home to a famous canal.
What is Panama?
300
This is the largest river in the world (but only the second longest...)
What is the Amazon River?
300
This is a major desert in South America.
What is the Atacama?
400
The people who are native to a particular place or region are called this "I" word
What is indigenous?
400
This was the last country in Latin America to gain indepdence
What is Cuba?
400
This country is home to the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Sierra Madre mountains
What is Mexico?
400
At over 4,000 km, this is the longest mountain range in the world
What are the Andes Mountains?
400
The 3 countries that share very similar flags with red, yellow, and blue. They used to belong to Gran Colombia.
What are Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela?
500
An attempt to overthrow a government or social order, in favor of a new system, usually using violence.
What is revolution?
500
This man was a priest who changed a country's history forever when he fought against inequality and gave his "Cry of Dolores" speech
Who is Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Francisco Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor?
Or: Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
500
This is the only country in South America with English as their official language
What is Guyana?
500
Located in Venezuela, and with water falling over 3,000 feet, this is the highest waterfall in the world
What is Angel Falls?
500
Cuba and Fidel Castro were the first in the Western Hemisphere to try this type of government
What is communism?