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Twenty Questions

Discover fascinating geographical concepts through a game of twenty questions covering topics from land subsidence to biodiversity. Learn about Mexico City's air pollution, Central America's sustainable development, and South America's exports. Expand your knowledge with this interactive learning experience.

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Twenty Questions

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  2. Twenty Questions

  3. 1. One effect of land subsidence is the creation of? • ?

  4. 2. Why does the geography of Mexico City create a air pollution problem? In a valley, which often traps carbon emissions.

  5. 3.A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling the migration of plants and aniimals? • Land bridge

  6. 4.Where does most of the food grown in Mexico come from? • Central Plateau

  7. 5. What early civilization in Mexico engaged in long-distance trade and built huge stone cities by the time the Spanish arrived? • The Maya

  8. 6. The early Mexican civilization whose capital was on the site of present-day Mexico City? • Aztec

  9. 7. The Local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group? • dialect

  10. 8. Panama is a ___between North America and South America? • Isthmus

  11. 9. The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles are part of a___in the Caribbean Sea? • archipelago

  12. 10. What vertical climate zone is characterized by frosts in winter and is where potatoes are barley are grown? • Tierra fria

  13. 11. Haitian Creole is an example of patois because? • It is a dialect that blends words from different languages

  14. 12. Enacting laws that require the reforestation of cleared lands is one way that Central American countries can promote? • Sustainable development

  15. 13. The planting of young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed? • reforestation

  16. 14. A slum on the edge of a city which lacks running water and sanitation systems. • shantytown

  17. 15. The variety of different species of plants and animals in an environment? • biodiversity

  18. 16. Grains, soybeans, and ___ are major crops exported from South America? • coffee

  19. 17. Many of the migrants to Sao Paulo, Brazil end up living in ___ on the outskirts of the city with no sanitation services? • favelas

  20. 18. What country enacted a law in 2004 that prohibited deforestation in its eastern region? • Paraguay

  21. 19. Which two countries in South America have large Asian populations • Suriname and Guyana

  22. 20. What is the multiplier effect? • The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.

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