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World Cultures Latin America
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The mountains in South America
Malnutrition
Chinampas
Andes
Tierra Fria
2. 'Temperate land -' the most densely populated of the zones - where coffee and corn are the main crops
Hydroelectric Power
Tierra Templada
Altiplano
Puna
3. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Tierra Caliente
Altiplano
Extended Family
Mexico
4. A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths
Malnutrition
Quipu
Extended Family
Andes
5. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Megacities
Dialects
Atacama Desert
Viceroys
6. Cities with more than 10 million people
Viceroys
Mestizo
Rio Grande
Megacities
7. Peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants
Amazon River
Indigenous
Rio Grande
Pampas
8. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Brazilian Highlands
Urbanization
Rio Grande
Amazon Basin
9. Dialects that blend indigenous - European - African - and Asian languages
Patois
Tierra Fria
Hydroelectric Power
Altiplano
10. Several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another in the Andes
Hydroelectric Power
Cordilleras
Canopy
Conquistador
11. 'Frozen Land -' which is a zone of permanent snow and ice on the peaks of the Andes
Puna
Urbanization
Tierra Helada
Dialects
12. Family structure that includes grandparents - aunts - uncles - cousins - parents - and children
Hispaniola
Rio Grande
Extended Family
Mato Grosso Plateau
13. A condition caused by a lack of proper food
Matriarchal
Brazilian Highlands
Brazilian Highlands
Malnutrition
14. Wall paintings
Tierra Caliente
Murals
Primate City
Extended Family
15. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Rio Grande
Caudillo
Brazilian Highlands
Viceroys
16. Location where the Maya - an indigenous group - thrived
Hispaniola
Yucatan Peninsula
Caudillo
Tenochtitlan
17. A vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Tierra Caliente
Brazilian Highlands
Tierra Helada
Yucatan Peninsula
18. 'Hot land -' between sea level and 2 -500 feet - where rain forests are common with bananas - sugar - rice - and cacao as main crops
Tierra Caliente
Yucatan Peninsula
Mato Grosso Plateau
Atacama Desert
19. Picture writings carved in stone
Quipu
Cordilleras
Altiplano
Glyphs
20. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Canopy
Escarpment
Mato Grosso Plateau
Hispaniola
21. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Tierra Fria
Escarpment
Caudillo
Rio de la Plata
22. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Primate City
Tierra Helada
Patois
Puna
23. Royally appointed officials
Mosaics
Viceroys
Tierra Templada
Tierra Templada
24. Dictator
Tierra Helada
Rio Grande
Andes
Caudillo
25. A blending of peoples of Native American and European descent (largest part of today's Mexican population)
Mestizo
Tierra Templada
Primate City
Caudillo
26. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Matriarchal
Amazon Basin
Canopy
Hispaniola
27. A blending of beliefs and practices
Malnutrition
Brazilian Highlands
Syncretism
Canopy
28. The mountains in South America
Altiplano
Andes
Tierra Templada
Mestizo
29. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Tierra Helada
Pampas
Primate City
Glyphs
30. Means 'high plain -' located in Peru and Bolivia
Tierra Caliente
Yucatan Peninsula
Altiplano
Mexican Plateau
31. A coastal desert so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded
Caudillo
Llanos
Caudillo
Atacama Desert
32. River that flows about 4000 miles through the heart of South America
Mexican Plateau
Amazon River
Chinampas
Mato Grosso Plateau
33. South America's inland grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
Brazilian Highlands
Chinampas
Pampas
Mosaics
34. The loss of more highly educated and skilled workers to other countries
Brain Drain
Amazon Basin
Rio de la Plata
Tierra Templada
35. Picture writings carved in stone
Glyphs
Escarpment
Extended Family
Pampas
36. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Hydroelectric Power
Rio Grande
Mato Grosso Plateau
Viceroys
37. An urban area that dominates its country's economy - culture - and political affairs
Patois
Escarpment
Mexico
Primate City
38. Sparsely populated plateaus of forests and grasslands in Brazil - Bolivia and Peru
Mestizo
Altiplano
Llanos
Mato Grosso Plateau
39. Country where the first people to settle in the region were ancestors of Native Americans
Mexico
Glyphs
Conquistador
Mestizo
40. Dictator
Rio de la Plata
Caudillo
Brazilian Highlands
Indigenous
41. South America's inland grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
Pampas
Andes
Tierra Helada
Primate City
42. A steep slope of eastern highlands which plunge to the Atlantic Ocean
Chinampas
Escarpment
Brazilian Highlands
Indigenous
43. The first permanent European settlement founded on this island in 1493
Amazon Basin
Hispaniola
Syncretism
Canopy
44. 'Cold land -' Middle America's highest climate zone - where winter frosts are common but potatoes barely grow well there
Llanos
Brazilian Highlands
Tierra Fria
Amazon Basin
45. Location of the world's largest expanse of tropical rain forests and is the world's wettest tropical plain
Tierra Templada
Amazon Basin
Escarpment
Urbanization
46. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
Mato Grosso Plateau
Quipu
Hydroelectric Power
Extended Family
47. A blending of beliefs and practices
Patois
Brazilian Highlands
Syncretism
Hydroelectric Power
48. Cold zone which supports some grasses suitable for grazing sheep - llamas - and alpacas
Puna
Brazilian Highlands
Tierra Caliente
Patois
49. Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group
Hydroelectric Power
Dialects
Rio Grande
Urbanization
50. Family that is ruled by a woman such as a grandmother - mother - or aunt
Glyphs
Mexico
Matriarchal
Urbanization