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Latin America Unit R
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What group of Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years? | Aztecs |
| What is the most common religion practiced in Latin America? | Roman Catholic |
| What is the most common language spoken in Latin America? | Spanish |
| What term refers to the ability to read and write? | Literacy rate |
| What term refers to the average number of years a per in a country can expect to live? | Life Expectancy |
| What European country colonized Mexico? | Spain |
| What does the N in NAFTA stand for? | North |
| What does the first A in NAFTA stand for? | American |
| What does the F in NAFTA stand for? | Free |
| What does the T in NAFTA stand for? | Trade |
| What does the second A in NAFTA stand for? | Agreement |
| In addition to the United States and Mexico, what is the third member nation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? | Canada |
| In addition to the United States and Canada, what is the third member nation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? | Mexico |
| In addition to Mexico and Canada, what is the third member nation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? | United States |
| What is a fancy word for oil? | Petroleum |
| What is another word for tax? | Tariff |
| What term refers to the collecting and analyzing of data on human populations? | Demographics |
| Trees convert carbon dioxide into what vital gas? | Oxygen |
| What term refers to the cutting down of trees? | Deforestation |
| What country is known for such things as mariachis, temples, churches, Aztecs, overcrowding, and unemployment? | Mexico |
| What was the name of Mexico City when the Aztec Indians lived there? | Tenochtitlan |
| What European country colonized Brazil (hint: NOT SPAIN) | Portugal |
| What term/expression refers to the gradual rise of the Earth's temperature? | Global Warming |
| What gas do trees absorb from the atmosphere? | Carbon Dioxide |
| What term refers to the smallest dog of Mexico? | Chihuahua |
| What phenomenon do we experience on Earth when heat gets trapped in the atmosphere by gases like carbon dioxide and methane? | Greenhouse Effect |
| Who is known as the "Father of Mexican Independence?" | Miguel Hidalgo |
| Who was a famous Spanish Conquistador that defeated the Aztec Indians of Mexico? | Hernando Cortez |
| Who's cloak depicting the image of the Virgin Mary hangs in a famous Mexican Catholic Church? | Juan Diego |
| What river separates the United States from Mexico? | Rio Grande |
| In which South American country do you find the WORLD's LARGEST RAIN FOREST? | Brazil |
| What term refers to a main public square in Mexico? | Plaza |
| What are known as the "lungs of the Earth"? | Rainforests |
| What island country has a communist form of government? | Cuba |
| What demographic refers to the average amount of money a person makes in a year? | per capita GDP |
| What does the G in GDP stand for? | Gross |
| What does the D in GDP stand for? | Domestic |
| What does the P in GDP stand for? | Product |
| Found in central Argentina, what term refers to grasslands where many animals graze? | pampas |
| What term refers to city living? | urban |
| What term refers to the countryside? | rural |
| What special interest group consists of scientist, scholars, and professionals who work together to slow down the deforestation of the rainforests. | environmentalists |
| What is the scientific process by which plants and trees change carbon dioxide into oxygen? | photosynthesis |
| Who or what is most responsible for deforestation? | Humans |
| What is the process by which the human body converts oxygen into carbon dioxide? | respiration |
| What kind of resource are plants and trees? | natural |
| What kind of resource are machines (like chain saws and bulldozers)? | capital |
| What is the second longest river in the world? | Amazon |
| What term refers to the condition whereby species of plants and/or animals NO longer exist? | extinction |
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