JEOPARDY: LATIN AMERICA UNIT

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A : 1 Question:

What mountain range runs down the Pacific coast of S. America?

Answer:Andes

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A : 2 Question:

Which river begins in the Andes Mountains and flowers eastward, flowing from Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer:Amazon River

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A : 3 Question:

What is the name of the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela?

Answer: llanos

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A : 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

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A : 5 Question:

What country contains the most of the Amazon rainforest?

Answer:Brazil

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B : 1 Question:

Which cattle grazing area is known for the gaucho culture in southern Brazil?

Answer:Pampas

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B : 2 Question:

What ancient technique is used to grow crops on hillsides?

Answer:terraced farming

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B : 3 Question:

Name 2 affects that the Andes Mountains have had on South America?

Answer: large concentrations

of population settles west of the mountains; barrier to people moving inland; need to learn terracing techniques of farming

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B : 4 Question:

Of the following, which would be best for farming?○ Area around

volcanoes○ Mountains○ Rain forests○ llanos

Answer: llanos

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B : 5 Question:

Of the following, which is not a part of infrastructure?○ Monuments○ Sewers○ Housing○ Transportation

Answer:monuments

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C : 1 Question:

Which two groups did the most to shape the culture of Mexico?

Answer:Spanish and the

natives

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C : 2 Question:

What trade agreement is most expected to contribute to Mexico’s economic prosperity?

Answer:NAFTA

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C : 3 Question:

What are the two things that central american/caribbean economies are most dependent upon?

Answer:Agriculture and

tourism

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C : 4 Question:

What three groups most shaped the culture of the countries in the Caribbean?

Answer:Natives, Europeans,

and Africans

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C : 5 Question:

What trade group was created to make the member nations more economically stable?

Answer:Mercosur

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D : 1 Question:

What two countries gained control of land in South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer:Spain and Portugal

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D : 2 Question:

Why did the Portuguese bring in Africans to Brazil?

Answer:to work on the

plantations

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D : 3 Question:

What sector of Mexico’s economy are the most focusing on developing?

Answer:Industrial

manufacturing

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D : 4 Question:

Panama was the best place to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Why?

Answer:Its location

(geography)

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D : 5 Question:

Despite Spanish domination, the Inca language survived. This language is known as what?

Answer:Quechua

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E : 1 Question:

Which native tribe originated in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

Answer:Inca

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E : 2 Question:

Brazil was colonized by what nation?

Answer:Portugal

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E : 3 Question:

What event served as a catalyst (sped up) the independence movement of the United Provinces of Central America?

Answer:Mexico’s

independence/revolution

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E : 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.

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E : 5 Question:

What term describes a government under harsh, military leadership?

Answer:Junta

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F: 1 Question:

What is the goal of land reform?

Answer:Divide land and

wealth more fairly

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F: 2 Question:

The following are all associated with what?○ Free speech○ Fair elections○ Citizen participation

Answer:democracy

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F: 3 Question:

What is the name for a person of mixed Native American and European descent?

Answer:mestizo

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F: 4 Question:

What is the most important reason that many Latin Americans can not take advantage of the free-market economy?

Answer:Lack education and

cannot get meaningful jobs

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F: 5 Question:

What is the official language of Brazil?

Answer:Portuguese

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G: 1 Question:

Which Latin American country has the largest territory and population?

Answer:Brazil

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G: 2 Question:

The culture of Central America and the Caribbean differ from that of Mexico because it has been shaped by who?

Answer:Other Europeans and

Africans

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G: 3 Question:

What concept is characterized by the slow increase in temperatures?

Answer:Global warming

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G: 4 Question:

What term refers to the wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife?

Answer:biodiversity

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G: 5 Question:

What have the following resulted in in Latin America?○ Demand for

hardwoods○ Clearing land for

farming○ Clearing land for

cattle to graze

Answer:Deforestion of the rain

forest

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H: 1 Question:

What is the name for a city’s sewers, transportation systems, electricity, and housing?

Answer:Infrastructure

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H: 2 Question:

The following are all reasons to do what?○ Drugs and medicines

may be made from the plants

○ Undiscovered species may live there

○ May affect global warming

Answer:Preserve the

rainforest

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H: 3 Question:

What is the name for the southern tip of South America?

Answer:Tierra del Fuego

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H: 4 Question:

What farming technique allowed the Inca to survive in the Andes?

Answer:Terraced farming

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H: 5 Question:

What farming technique results in the shrinking of the rainforest?

Answer:Slash-and-burn

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