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Category 1 : 1 Question: What mountain range runs down the Pacific coast of S. America? Answer: Andes Back to the Board
Category 1 : 2 Question: Which river begins in the Andes Mountains and flowers eastward, flowing from Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean? Answer: Amazon River Back to the Board
Category 1 : 3 Question: What is the name of the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela? Answer: llanos Back to the Board
Category 1 : 4 Question: Which technique of farming is used by native peoples of Latin America to clear fields to grow crops? Answer: slash and burn farming Back to the Board
Category 1 : 5 Question: What country contains the most of the Amazon rainforest? Answer: Brazil Back to the Board
Category 2 : 1 Question: Which cattle grazing area is known for the gaucho culture in southern Brazil? Answer: Pampas Back to the Board
Category 2 : 2 Question: What ancient technique is used to grow crops on hillsides? Answer: terraced farming Back to the Board
Category 2 : 3 Question: What farming technique would result in the shrinking of the rain forest? Answer: Slash and burn Back to the Board
Category 2 : 4 Question: Of the following, which would be best for farming? ○ Area around volcanoes ○ Mountains ○ Rain forests ○ llanos Answer: llanos Back to the Board
Category 2 : 5 Question: Of the following, which is not a part of infrastructure? ○ Monuments ○ Sewers ○ Housing ○ Transportation Answer: monuments Back to the Board
Category 3 : 1 Question: Which two groups did the most to shape the culture of Mexico? Answer: Spanish and the natives Back to the Board
Category 3 : 2 Question: What trade agreement is most expected to contribute to Mexico’s economic prosperity? Answer: NAFTA Back to the Board
Category 3 : 3 Question: What is the name of the factories along the US border in Mexico that manufacture goods for export? Answer: maquiladoras Back to the Board
Category 3 : 4 Question: What three groups most shaped the culture of the countries in the Caribbean? Answer: Natives, Europeans, and Africans Back to the Board
Category 3 : 5 Question: Which nations are part of NAFTA? Answer: Canada, USA, and Mexico Back to the Board
Category 4 : 1 Question: What two countries gained control of land in South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas? Answer: Spain and Portugal Back to the Board
Category 4 : 2 Question: Why did the Portuguese bring in Africans to Brazil? Answer: to work on the plantations Back to the Board
Category 4 : 3 Question: Which sector has Mexico been attempting to develop most in recent years? ○ Industrial ○ Agricultural ○ Service Answer: Industrial Back to the Board
Category 4 : 4 Question: Which Latin American nation has the largest territory and population? Answer: Brazil Back to the Board
Category 4 : 5 Question: Despite Spanish domination, the Inca language survived. This language is known as what? Answer: Quechua Back to the Board
Category 5 : 1 Question: Which native tribe originated in the Andes Mountains of Peru? Answer: Inca Back to the Board
Category 5 : 2 Question: Brazil was colonized by what nation? Answer: Portugal Back to the Board
Category 5 : 3 Question: Who helped influence the culture of the Caribbean that was not involved in Mexico? Answer: Other Europeans and Africans Back to the Board
Category 5 : 4 Question: What is exchanged in a debt for nature swap? Answer: A country’s debt is relieved in exchange for the protection of wildlife. Back to the Board
Category 5 : 5 Question: What term describes a government under harsh, military leadership? Answer: Junta Back to the Board
Category 6 : 1 Question: What is the name for the southernmost tip of Latin America? Answer: Tierra del fuego Back to the Board
Category 6 : 2 Question: Of the following, which is most likely a result of urbanization? ○ Push/pull factors ○ Earthquakes ○ New water supplies ○ Environmental damage Answer: Environmental damage Back to the Board
Category 6 : 3 Question: What is the name of the theory that dictates that temperatures around the world on slowly increasing? Answer: Global warming Back to the Board
Category 6 : 4 Question: What term describes a wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife? Answer: biodiversity Back to the Board
Category 6 : 5 Question: In what type of government is the country being controlled by a few powerful rulers? Answer: oligarchy Back to the Board
Category 7 : 1 Question: What is the goal of land reform? Answer: divide land and wealth more fairly Back to the Board
Category 7 : 2 Question: Portuguese is the official language of which Latin American country? Answer: Brazil Back to the Board