South America Review Game Please know the maps!!!
Which city did we need to remember from Mexico?
Mexico City
Buenos Aires was the birthplace of
The Tango
The South American Country famous for it’s beauty queens?
Venezuela
True or false the Europeans did not influence the Latin American Area
false
The two main languages of the region are?
Spanish and Portuguese
Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Mambo and Tango are all
Traditional Dances
Reggae, Steel Drum Bands and Calypso are all proof of?
African Influences
In Mexico City, you find more what than anywhere else?
museums
Largest City in South America?
Santiago
The South America country famous for the Jim Jones event?
Guyana
What religion is predominant in the area
Roman Catholic
True or false, the region does have diverse economics
true
When your farm makes enough for you eat, that is called
Subsistence farming
If your farm grows enough to sell that is called
Plantation Agriculture
A harmful, aggressive way to clear land is called
Slash and burn
Coffee or corn which is more of a food crop
corn
Which financial center city is found in Brazil?
Rio de Janeiro
The country in Central America with a canal?
Panama
The “country” in South America that is actually a holding of a European Country?
French Guiana
What type of social structure is mostly found in the region?
Rigid
Estate in Spanish
Hacienda
True or false, the region is known for its cattle raising
true
Gauchos loosely translated means
Cowboys
All these are major causes of what Logging Farming Fuel Wood Drugs (legal and illegal)
Destruction of the rainforest
What resource did all three below have Ecuador Venezuela Mexico
Oil
What financial center city is found in Argentina?
Buenos Aires
The country in Central America that is home to the Fresh Water shark?
Nicaragua
Both Landlocked countries of South America
Bolivia and Paraguay
A mixture of Spanish blood and native blood is?
mestizo
Mexico City is dealing with too much
smog
Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico make up ….
NAFTA
Name the two metals we discussed you would find in the region
Copper and Iron
The Sierra Madres are mountains found primarily in
Mexico
The Andes are mountains found where
West Coast of South America
The name of the coastal desert we studied
Atacama
If it is summer here it is what in Argentina?
winter
Which Financial center city is found in Chile?
Santiago
The country in Central America that has no standing Army?
Costa Rica
Name the country countries of Hispaniola
Dominican Republic and Haiti
Most of the big cities in this region are found
Near the water
The largest landform in South America
Amazon River Basin
The Amazon is the ______________ longest river in the world
second
Pampas and Ilanos basically means
Plains
What type of climates are predominate here?
tropical
True or false you find both earthquakes and volcanoes in this region
true
Most visited city in South America?
Rio de Janeiro
The country in Central America with only a west coast?
El Salvador
What island did we look at that is part of the U.S.A.?
Puerto Rico
What is it called when people just decide to move into a area
Squatter settlements
Archipelagoes are
Group of islands
Who fought over the Falkland Islands
The British and Argentina
Who owns the Galapagos
Ecuador
Who did his famous work at the Galapagos
Charles Darwin
Tierra Caliente is
Hot land Low areas near equator
Tierra Templada is
Middle Regions
Tierra Fria is
Higher Elevations Cooler
Capoeira the Dance is also known as the
Fight Dance
The country in Central America with only a East Coast?
Belize
True or false, in Latin America and the Caribbean you have both African Traditions and Indian Civilizations
true
Latin America’s population growth would be described as
Rapid
Is Latin America dealing with migration or out-migration
Out-migration
Pyramids from South America look more like?
Stairs
Religious Building found all over South America
Cathedral
Ejidos is practiced in Mexico and is….
Communal land
This is
Machu Picchu
Previous slide is found where? And is it Inca or Mayan?
Peru, Inca
This is
Tikal
The previous picture is Inca or Mayan and found where
Mayan, Guatemala
Tallest waterfalls in the world and where they are located
Angel Falls, Venezuela
This is
Iguazu Falls
Between which two countries do you find Iguazu Falls?
Brazil and Argentina