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