Ch. 8,9,10
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| The mountains on the western edge of South America are the... | Andes Mountains
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| The three highlands climate zones are determined by... | Elevation
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| The pampas consist primarily of... | Short grasses
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| The tropical climate of the Amazon Basin results form its location and... | Amount of rainfall.
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| Latin America includes... | Middle America, The Carribean, and South America.
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| The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest... | Rain forest.
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| The Rio de la Plata is a large____where three rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean. | estuary
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| The largest lake in Central America is Lake | Nicaragua
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| Jai alai is a popular______in South America. | Sport
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| When did most Latin American countries gain their independence? | 1900's
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| The blending of beliefs and practices from different religioins is called... | Syncretism
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| Who was Simon Bolivar? | He was a Venezuelan who won freedom for Venezuela, Columbia, Equador, Peru, and Bolivia.
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| When did the Maya dominate southern Mexico? | AD 250 to 900.
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| According to the Aztec, _____ was the "food of the gods" | xocoatl, (chocolate)
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| Africans first came to Latin America as... | Enslaved people
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| Where was the Aztec city of Tenochititlan located? | Mexico City, Mexico
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| Some Latin America countries need debt relief because... | Foreign debt has grown. The country's incomes fell.
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| Minifunida are farms... | Intensively farmed by campesinos to feed thier own families.
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| When ranchers plant grass on butned rain forest lands, the grass... | Dries out in four years.
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| Ciudad Juarez has many maquiladoras, or... | Foreign manufacturing companies built in Latin America.
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| To finance industrial development, many countries in Latin America have had to... | Combine necisary human and natural resouces with relatively stable government and active business communities.
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| The ______ are the world's largest Mountain Range | Andes Mountains
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| The continent of ________ is the largest land area of Latin American. | South America
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| The ______ are a chain of volcanic mountains in Cental America | Central Highlands
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| The _______ and llanos are grasslands in South America. | Pampas
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| Major deposits of _______ are found in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea. | Oil
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| Electricity created by harnessing the power of flowing river water is called... | Hydroelectric power
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| The tropical highlands are divided into three zones based on latitude and _______. | Climate
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| A trans-Andean highway links cities in Chile and _______. | Argentina
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| Cutting and clearing rainforests is known as ________. | Deforestation
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| Latin American countries with skilled workers and many ________ are industrializing rapidly. | Resources
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| Shantytowns are known as _______ in Sao Paulo. | Favelas
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| Latin American countries have begun to reverse _________ through education and economic imporvements. | Quality of Life
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