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Latin America
Western Hemisphere
100
A person who makes maps
Who is a cartographer?
100
This type of map shows the typical weather of a place over a long period of time
What is a climate map?
100
A map feature that is used to indicate distances on a map
What is a map scale?
100
Where most of Latin America is located
What is South America?
100
The America Revolution led the world in ideas about this
What is freedom or independence
200
The imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the equator?
200
Two continents in the Western Hemisphere
What are North America and South America?
200
A map feature that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions
What is a compass?
200
The man who destroyed the Aztec Empire in 1522
Who is Hernando Cortes?
200
Small groups that take the place of a government
What are juntas?
300
A map that uses color, shows national and state boundaries, and also features cities
What is a political map?
300
The imaginary line that divides Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
What is the prime meridian?
300
A line separating states from other states or nations from other nations
What is a boundary?
300
He led a slave revolt in Haiti
Who is Touissant L'Overture?
300
This wild animal roosts in trees and eats insects, berries, seeds, and nuts
What is a (wild) turkey?
400
The four cardinal directions
What are north, south, east, and west?
400
The degree of longitude of the prime meridian
What is 0 degrees?
400
The four hemispheres
What are the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, and Eastern Hemisphere?
400
This declaration warned the world that the U.S. recognized new Latin American countries as free.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
This agreement, or treaty, between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, allows trade between the countries without tariffs
What is NAFTA? ****DOUBLE YOUR MONEY: NAFTA STANDS FOR_______________****
500
The four intermediate directions
What are northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast?
500
A map feature that tells what the map symbols mean
What is a map key?
500
These represent real things on a map
What are symbols?
500
Latin America has endured more of this than the U.S. and Canada.
What is war?
500
One role of prices is to ___________________ scarce goods.
What is ration? ****DOUBLE YOUR MONEY: EXPLAIN HOW PRICES RATION GOODS>****