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Latin America

6TH GRADE JEPORDY GAME

CREATED BY : VITTORIA WALLACE

GAMEBOARDCOUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF LATIN

AMERICA

HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA

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Which country is NOT included when describing the countries of Latin America?

• Answer 1 : MEXICO • Answer 2 : PANAMA• Answer 3 : SPAIN

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Which country is NOT included when describing the countries of Latin America?

• INCORRECT – MEXICO IS A PART OF LATIN AMERICA

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Which country is NOT included when describing the countries of Latin America?

• INCORRECT – PANAMA IS PART OF LATIN AMERICA

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Which country is NOT included when describing the countries of Latin America?

• CORRECT – SPAIN IS NOT A PART OF LATIN AMERICA, SPAIN IS IN EUROPE

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What is the most common language of Latin America?

• Answer 1 : SPANISH• Answer 2 : PORTEGUSE• Answer 3 : ENGLISH

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What is the most common language of Latin America?

• CORRECT – SPANISH IS THE NUMBER ONE SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF LATIN AMERICA

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What is the most common language of Latin America?

• INCORRECT – PORTUGESE IS THE NUMBER ONE LANGUAGE OF BRAZIL BUT NOT ALL OF LATIN AMERICA

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What is the most common language of Latin America?

• INCORRECT –ENGLISH IS NOT THE MOST COMMONG LANGUAGE OF LATIN AMERICA

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WHO WERE THE FIRST EURPEANS TO ARRIVE IN

LATIN AMERICA?

• Answer 1 : THE FRENCH• Answer 2 : THE SPANISH• Answer 3 : THE ITALIAN

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WHO WERE THE FIRST EURPEANS TO ARRIVE IN

LATIN AMERICA?

• INCORRECT - THERE IS MUCH FRENCH INFLUENCE IN SOME AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA, BUT THEY WERE NOT THE FIRST

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WHO WERE THE FIRST EURPEANS TO ARRIVE IN

LATIN AMERICA?

• CORRECT – THE SPANISH WERE THE FIRST EUROPEANS IN LATIN AMERICA

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WHO WERE THE FIRST EURPEANS TO ARRIVE IN

LATIN AMERICA?

• INCORRECT – THE ITALIANS WERE NOT THE FIRST EUROPEANS IN LATIN AMERICA

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WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF

LATIN AMERICA?

• Answer 1 : BRAZIL • Answer 2 : CUBA• Answer 3 : MEXICO

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WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF

LATIN AMERICA?

• CORRECT – BRAZIL IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

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WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF

LATIN AMERICA?

• INCORRECT – CUBA IS A SMALL ISLAND COUNTRY AND NOT THE LARGEST

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WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF

LATIN AMERICA?

• INCORRECT – MEXICO IS LARGE BUT NOT THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF LATIN AMERICA

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WHAT COUNTRY DID THE AZTECTS LIVE IN?

• Answer 1 - GUATEMALA • Answer 2 - BELIZE• Answer 3 - MEXICO

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WHAT COUNTRY DID THE AZTECTS LIVE IN?

• INCORRECT – GUATEMALA IS HOME TO THE MAYANS

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WHAT COUNTRY DID THE AZTECTS LIVE IN?

• INCORRECT – BELIZE IS NOT HOME TO THE AZTECTS

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WHAT COUNTRY DID THE AZTECTS LIVE IN?

• CORRECT – THE AZTECTS LIVED IN NOW ADAYS MEXICO

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WHAT RELIGION DID EUROPEANS CONVERT

NATIVE AMERICANS TO?

• Answer 1: JUDAISM• Answer 2 : ROMAN CATHOLOCISM• Answer 3 : ISLAMIC

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WHAT RELIGION DID EUROPEANS CONVERT

NATIVE AMERICANS TO?

• INCORRECT – THE RELIGION WAS NOT JUDAISM

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WHAT RELIGION DID EUROPEANS CONVERT

NATIVE AMERICANS TO?

• CORRECT – THEY WERE CONVERTED TO A SECT OF CHRISTIANITY CALLED ROMAN CATHOLOCISIM

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WHAT RELIGION DID EUROPEANS CONVERT

NATIVE AMERICANS TO?

• INCORRECT – THEY DID NOT BECOME ISLAMIC

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WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?• Answer 1 : A narrow strip of land with

sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land

• Answer 2 : A popular Latin American snack

• Answer 3 : An area of fairly level high ground

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WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?

• Correct – Panama is an isthmus of Latin America

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WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?

• Incorrect – The category is “geography” so a snack would not be a fitting answer

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WHAT IS AN ISTHMUS?

• Incorrect – This is the definition for plateau

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WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA?

• Answer 1 : A LATIN AMERICAN COMPUTER

• Answer 2 : FACTORIES NEAR THE MEXICO / US BOARDER WHERE MEXICAN’S OFTEN FIND WORK

• Answer 3 : A FARMER

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WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA?

• INCORRECT – A MAQUILADORA WAS A VOCABULARY WORD

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WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA?

• CORRECT – MAQUILADORAS ARE VERY COMMON IN MEXICO

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WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA?

• INCORRECT – YOU MAY BE GETTING IT CONFUSED WITH A MIGRANT WORKER

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WHAT WORDS BEST DESCRIBES Simón Bolívar?

• Answer 1 : A MEAN & LAZY PERSON• Answer 2 : A QUIET & SHY PERSON• Answer 3 : A REBEL &

REVOLUTIONIST

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WHAT WORD BEST DESCRIBES Simón Bolívar?

• INCORRECT – HE WANTED TO HELP THOSE WHO AROUND HIM

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WHAT WORD BEST DESCRIBES Simón Bolívar?

• INCORRECT – HE OFTEN SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT

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WHAT WORD BEST DESCRIBES Simón Bolívar?

• CORRECT – HE WAS A GREAT LEADER AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDEPENDCE OF MANY LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

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WORKS CITED

• Boehm, Richard G. "Unit 3 Latin America." Geography the World and Its People. New York, NY: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2002. 166-73. Print

• http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html - 2008

• http://beinglatino.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/what-is-latin-america