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Jeopardy: Latin America UNIT

Jeopardy: Latin America UNIT. A : 1. Question: What mountain range runs down the Pacific coast of S. America?. Answer: Andes. Back to the Board. A : 2. Question: Which river begins in the Andes Mountains and flowers eastward , flowing from Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean?. Answer:

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Jeopardy: Latin America UNIT

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  1. Jeopardy: Latin America UNIT

  2. A : 1 • Question: • What mountain range runs down the Pacific coast of S. America? • Answer: • Andes Back to the Board

  3. A : 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

  4. A : 3 • Question: • What is the name of the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela? • Answer: • llanos Back to the Board

  5. 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 Back to the Board

  6. A : 5 • Question: • What country contains the most of the Amazon rainforest? • Answer: • Brazil Back to the Board

  7. B : 1 • Question: • Which cattle grazing area is known for the gaucho culture in southern Brazil? • Answer: • Pampas Back to the Board

  8. B : 2 • Question: • What ancient technique is used to grow crops on hillsides? • Answer: • terraced farming Back to the Board

  9. 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 Back to the Board

  10. B : 4 • Question: • Of the following, which would be best for farming? • Area around volcanoes • Mountains • Rain forests • llanos • Answer: • llanos Back to the Board

  11. B : 5 • Question: • Of the following, which is not a part of infrastructure? • Monuments • Sewers • Housing • Transportation • Answer: • monuments Back to the Board

  12. C : 1 • Question: • Which two groups did the most to shape the culture of Mexico? • Answer: • Spanish and the natives Back to the Board

  13. C : 2 • Question: • What trade agreement is most expected to contribute to Mexico’s economic prosperity? • Answer: • NAFTA Back to the Board

  14. C : 3 • Question: • What are the two things that central american/caribbean economies are most dependent upon? • Answer: • Agriculture and tourism Back to the Board

  15. C : 4 • Question: • What three groups most shaped the culture of the countries in the Caribbean? • Answer: • Natives, Europeans, and Africans Back to the Board

  16. C : 5 • Question: • What trade group was created to make the member nations more economically stable? • Answer: • Mercosur Back to the Board

  17. 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 Back to the Board

  18. D : 2 • Question: • Why did the Portuguese bring in Africans to Brazil? • Answer: • to work on the plantations Back to the Board

  19. D : 3 • Question: • What sector of Mexico’s economy are the most focusing on developing? • Answer: • Industrial manufacturing Back to the Board

  20. D : 4 • Question: • Panama was the best place to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Why? • Answer: • Its location (geography) Back to the Board

  21. D : 5 • Question: • Despite Spanish domination, the Inca language survived. This language is known as what? • Answer: • Quechua Back to the Board

  22. E : 1 • Question: • Which native tribe originated in the Andes Mountains of Peru? • Answer: • Inca Back to the Board

  23. E : 2 • Question: • Brazil was colonized by what nation? • Answer: • Portugal Back to the Board

  24. 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 Back to the Board

  25. 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. Back to the Board

  26. E : 5 • Question: • What term describes a government under harsh, military leadership? • Answer: • Junta Back to the Board

  27. F: 1 • Question: • What is the goal of land reform? • Answer: • Divide land and wealth more fairly Back to the Board

  28. F: 2 • Question: • The following are all associated with what? • Free speech • Fair elections • Citizen participation • Answer: • democracy Back to the Board

  29. F: 3 • Question: • What is the name for a person of mixed Native American and European descent? • Answer: • mestizo Back to the Board

  30. 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 Back to the Board

  31. F: 5 • Question: • What is the official language of Brazil? • Answer: • Portuguese Back to the Board

  32. G: 1 • Question: • Which Latin American country has the largest territory and population? • Answer: • Brazil Back to the Board

  33. 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 Back to the Board

  34. G: 3 • Question: • What concept is characterized by the slow increase in temperatures? • Answer: • Global warming Back to the Board

  35. G: 4 • Question: • What term refers to the wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife? • Answer: • biodiversity Back to the Board

  36. 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 Back to the Board

  37. H: 1 • Question: • What is the name for a city’s sewers, transportation systems, electricity, and housing? • Answer: • Infrastructure Back to the Board

  38. 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 Back to the Board

  39. H: 3 • Question: • What is the name for the southern tip of South America? • Answer: • Tierra del Fuego Back to the Board

  40. H: 4 • Question: • What farming technique allowed the Inca to survive in the Andes? • Answer: • Terraced farming Back to the Board

  41. H: 5 • Question: • What farming technique results in the shrinking of the rainforest? • Answer: • Slash-and-burn Back to the Board

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