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