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