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Question 1
1.

Language, Clothing, Architecture, Transportation, etc.....are examples of.....

Question 2
2.

Sometimes people have to go to a new place in order to get a better job. Which theme does this situation represent?

Question 3
3.

Long ago, there were very few roads and people traveled by horse and buggy. Now we have interstate roads and almost everyone has a car. Which theme does this situation describe?

Question 4
4.

What is another name for 0° latitude?

Question 5
5.

In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. The people who live there could say they live in a farming ______________.

Question 6
6.

When we tell about a place by describing the kinds of food people eat and the way they celebrate holidays and family traditions, we are describing ________________________characteristics.

Use the above graph to answer the following questions.
Question 7
7.

What is the Northern Triangle?

Question 8
8.

What is the line graph comparing?

Use the above graph to answer the following question.
Question 9
9.

Which area of land provides the most conservation units for it’s indigenous people?

Question 10
10.

Why doesn’t the above map not show a percentage for the amount of indigenous people in the Mayan Culture region?

Use the pie chart above to answer the following question.
Question 11
11.

According to the chart how does logging contribute to deforestation of the Brazillian Amazon?

Question 12
12.

What type of map is shown above?

Question 13
13.

What civilization had to adapt to its environment and invent a way to grow food on the side of a mountain?

Question 14
14.

When a group of people come to a land to settle and claim the land as their own this is called?

Question 15
15.

In Latin America the culture was greatly influenced by countries from the Iberian Peninsula. What are these countries and what aspects of their culture are most recognizable?

Question 16
16.

Trade was a big factor in early colonial life of Latin America. This kind of trade took raw resources from the Americas and took them to Europe finished products from Europe to Africa and people from Africa to the Americas. Because of the way the goods traveled this is called the_____________________________________.

Question 17
17.

Because of the Movement of people in the Trans-Altantic Slave Trade many places in Latin America have...

Question 18
18.

What is the driest desert in the world?

Question 19
19.

Prior to1492 the global economy wasn’t all that global. It was confined to regional trade networks like the Silk Road. So what changed?

Question 20
20.

Christopher Columbus discovering the “New World” and opening the Western Hemisphere to trade with Europe is an example of

Use the map above to answer the following questions.
Question 21
21.

Which indigenous cultures lived in the Andes Mountains?

Question 22
22.

What country had the Tupi and Tapuia indigenous cultures?

Question 23
23.

The conquistadors of Spain spread their influence because they wanted…

Question 24
24.

Modern conflict in Latin America involves the mestizos, mulatos, and indigenous people fighting for....

Question 25
25.

What is the significance of the Rio Grande in Mexico and the United States?

Question 26
26.

Using the evidence from the timeline, what happened in history to cause the Colonies from England to have a different religion than the colonies from Spain and Portugal?

Question 27
27.

Why would the primary source shown be vital to showing the effect movement had on the indigenous people of Latin America?

Question 28
28.

Why would the Native American population of Mexico decline so dramatically after year 1518?

Use the above document to answer the following questions.
Question 29
29.

This an example of what kind of document?

Question 30
30.

What is this document titled “A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” (1542) showing about the people of European descent in Latin America?

Use the above document to answer the following question.
Question 31
31.

The account of the Chief of Salaga is showing the mentality of the people in West Africa during the…

Use the above document to answer the following questions.
Question 32
32.

What is sugar in the excerpt above?

Question 33
33.

The excerpt above is an example of which 2 Themes of Geography?

Question 34
34.

What is the picture above depicting?

Question 35
35.

What does Longitude track on a map?

traits that are used to define culture.
traits that humans pass down from generation to generation.
current issues in countries today.
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
Location
Farenheit
Equator
Prime Meridian
Location
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Physical
Political
Personal
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
Triangle Trade
The line graph is showing how much immigration has increased 1991-2014.
The line graph is showing what is wrong with immigration.
The line graph does not have a valid point for Central America.
The line graph is comparing the amount of immigrants from Mexico and the Northern Triangle.
Amapa
Roraima
Para
The Mayan culture collapsed and the indigeous people of the area were absorbed into surrounding civilizations.
The Mayan culture moved to South America so the Mayans are now in the Incan Civilization.
The map makers forgot to put the percentage in the Mayan area.
The map only shows the most popular areas to live in Latin America so the Mayan area is not a tourist area.
Logging provides the rest of the world with desirable wood like Mahogany, so it is hard to get companies to stop cutting down the trees.
Logging generally results in degradation rather than deforestation, but is often followed by clearing for agriculture.
Logging does not contribute to deforestation, because the companies are replanting the trees that they cut down.
Logging helps the cattle ranchers create open fields for their grazing animals.
Political map
Rainforest map
Physical map
Aztec
Incan
American
A continent
A country
A county
Mexico and Honduras; because they both speak spanish and are Catholic.
The Caribbean islands share island culture and religion throughout making it the most recognizable region in Latin America.
Spain and Portugal brought the most predominant languages as well Catholicism to most of Latin America.
Latin America received cultural influences from the Iberian Peninsula’s European countries that brought language, religion, and arrogance to change the indigenous people.
Stock Market
Transatlantic Trading Company
Triangle Trade
religions like Voodoo and Santeria; and languages like Creole.
governments with Jim Crow Laws
inspirational African American leaders that were apart of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Gobi
Atacama
Chihuahuan
The arrival of Christopher Columbus to the New World caused a new market that created the Columbian Exchange.
The arrival of Africans to Europe caused a new market.
The Renaissance in Europe caused enlightment so people sought new people.
Global economies were discovered by explorers in during the turn of the century.
Movement and Change
Location and Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Inca, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Mapuche
Tupi, Tapuia, Arawak, Carib
Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya
Paraguay
Brazil
Argentina
Catholicism and slaves.
Gold, spread Catholicism and to get influence (power).
to influence the indegenous people to overthrow their civilizations.
conquistador gold.
youtube views.
the ability to cut down the rainforest.
The Rio Grande is the only river America cares about.
The Rio Grande is the Political and Physical border between the two countries.
The two countries fight over the river.
Christopher Columbus lands on Hispaniola
Martin Luther publishes Ninety-Five Thesis
First permanent English settlement begins at Jamestown
Henry VIII breaks with Catholic Church and establishes Church of England
The drawing shows how ugly smallpox was.
The primary source shows the negative changes caused by European Colonization.
The drawing paints a picture of post-Columbus life.
The primary source shows the Past, Present and Future of Viruses, Plagues and History.
They were sold and sent to Europe.
They were killed or infected with disease by the Europeans.
The Europeans ALL married the Native Americans.
Secondary source
Political source
Fictional source
The Europeans came to the New World to help the indigenous people have a better life.
The arrogance of the Europeans created a desire to make the indigenous population slaves in the New World.
The indigenous people made the Europeans mad, which caused the mean behavior by the Europeans.
The Europeans needed people to carry them around and the indigenous people were the only people available.
1600s in the United States.
European takeover of Africa.
Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Cash Crop
the name used for Africans
not important
Place & Location
Movement & Human-environment Interaction
Region & Place
Caribbean Cruise Ship
Artillery Blueprints
American Troop Transport
East and West Coordinates
Only North Coordinates
Only Ease Coordinates