South America Review Game

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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