WORLD GEOGRAPHY UNIT THREE LATIN AMERICA Unit Three

WORLD GEOGRAPHY UNIT THREE: LATIN AMERICA

Unit Three: Latin America General / Random History Physical Geography Population & Cultures Economics $100 $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500

1 - $100 QUESTION: What are indigenous peoples? ANSWER: • People who are descended from an area’s first inhabitants.

1 - $200 QUESTION: • Which group of people were considered lower class in the Incan society? ANSWER: • Farmers

1 - $300 QUESTION: • The Europeans who claimed parts of the Americas for Spain were called ____. ANSWER: • Conquistadors

1 - $400 QUESTION: • ______ is South America’s largest lake and contains some of Venezuela’s most important oil fields. ANSWER: • Lake Maracaibo

1 - $500 QUESTION: • _______ was the first Latin American country to gain independence. ANSWER: • Haiti

2 - $100 QUESTION: • The Columbian Exchange involved plants, animals, and the transmission of _______. ANSWER: • Diseases

2 - $200 QUESTION: • What is a quipu? ANSWER: • a set of knotted cords that the Inca used for keeping accounts

2 - $300 QUESTION: • When did most Latin American countries gain their independence? ANSWER: • The 1800 s.

2 - $400 QUESTION: • Africans first came to Latin America as ANSWER: • slaves.

2 - $500 QUESTION: • Who was Simo n Boli var? ANSWER: • A Venezuelan revolutionary who worked to overthrow the Europeans and create independent countries in Latin America.

3 - $100 QUESTION: • The mountains on the western edge of South America are the ______. ANSWER: • Andes

3 - $200 QUESTION: • The pampas consist primarily of ______. ANSWER: • Grasslands.

3 - $300 QUESTION: • Patagonia is at the southern end of _______. ANSWER: • South America (Argentina)

3 - $400 QUESTION: • The Panama Canal allows ships to travel between which two bodies of water? ANSWER: • Atlantic & Pacific

3 - $500 QUESTION: • Why has air and water pollution have increased in many Latin American countries? ANSWER: • increased industrial growth, arrival of multinational firms, a lack of environmental laws

4 - $100 QUESTION: • Where do the majority of Latin Americans live? ANSWER: • The greatest concentration is in the coastal areas.

4 - $200 QUESTION: • Jai alai is a popular _____ in Latin America ANSWER: • sport.

4 - $300 QUESTION: • What are some of the big problems in Latin American cities? ANSWER: • Air pollution, traffic, crime, overcrowding, unemployment, and others.

QUESTION: 4 - $400 • To which countries in Latin America is tourism most important? ANSWER: • Caribbean Islands

4 - $500 QUESTION: • Where does the Caribbean get its name? ANSWER: • It’s named after the Carib people.

5 - $100 QUESTION: • What is brain drain? ANSWER: • When educated people leave the region to live in other places.

5 - $200 QUESTION: • What is the purpose of NAFTA? ANSWER: • Create a free trade relationship between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

5 - $300 QUESTION: • What are maquiladoras and what are some of the criticisms of these places? ANSWER: • They are large factories in Mexico along the U. S. border that provide cheap labor for U. S. companies. They often ignore labor and environmental protection laws, though.

5 - $400 QUESTION: • What are the minifundia? ANSWER: • Farms whose small plots of land feed rural families.

5 - $500 QUESTION: • Who owns the majority of the minifundia in Latin America? ANSWER: • Large landowners or the government.

Final Jeopardy n Name as many countries as your team can.