traits that humans pass down from generation to generation.
current issues in countries today.
Sometimes people have to go to a new place in order to get a better job. Which theme does this situation represent?
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
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?
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
Location
What is another name for 0° latitude?
Celcius
Farenheit
Equator
Prime Meridian
In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. The people who live there could say they live in a farming ______________.
Place
Location
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
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.
Cultural
Physical
Political
Personal
What is the Northern Triangle?
Europe, Africa, America
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
Triangle Trade
What is the line graph comparing?
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.
Which area of land provides the most conservation units for it’s indigenous people?
Acre
Amapa
Roraima
Para
Why doesn’t the above map not show a percentage for the amount of indigenous people in the Mayan Culture region?
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.
According to the chart how does logging contribute to deforestation of the Brazillian Amazon?
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.
What type of map is shown above?
Landform map
Political map
Rainforest map
Physical map
What civilization had to adapt to its environment and invent a way to grow food on the side of a mountain?
Mayan
Aztec
Incan
American
When a group of people come to a land to settle and claim the land as their own this is called?
A colony
A continent
A country
A county
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?
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.
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_____________________________________.
Colombian Exchange
Stock Market
Transatlantic Trading Company
Triangle Trade
Because of the Movement of people in the Trans-Altantic Slave Trade many places in Latin America have...
good food.
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.
What is the driest desert in the world?
Sahara
Gobi
Atacama
Chihuahuan
Prior to1492 the global economy wasn’t all that global. It was confined to regional trade networks like the Silk Road. So what changed?
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.
Christopher Columbus discovering the “New World” and opening the Western Hemisphere to trade with Europe is an example of
Conquerors
Movement and Change
Location and Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Which indigenous cultures lived in the Andes Mountains?
Warao, Taironas, Muisca, Wayuu, Yabnomami
Inca, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Mapuche
Tupi, Tapuia, Arawak, Carib
Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya
What country had the Tupi and Tapuia indigenous cultures?
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Argentina
The conquistadors of Spain spread their influence because they wanted…
the Columbian Exchange.
Catholicism and slaves.
Gold, spread Catholicism and to get influence (power).
to influence the indegenous people to overthrow their civilizations.
Modern conflict in Latin America involves the mestizos, mulatos, and indigenous people fighting for....
equality with the decendants of Europeans.
conquistador gold.
youtube views.
the ability to cut down the rainforest.
What is the significance of the Rio Grande in Mexico and the United States?
The Rio Grande is the largest river in Latin America.
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.
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?
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
Why would the primary source shown be vital to showing the effect movement had on the indigenous people of Latin America?
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.
Why would the Native American population of Mexico decline so dramatically after year 1518?
They migrated to the United States of America.
They were sold and sent to Europe.
They were killed or infected with disease by the Europeans.
The Europeans ALL married the Native Americans.
This an example of what kind of document?
Primary source
Secondary source
Political source
Fictional source
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?
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.
The account of the Chief of Salaga is showing the mentality of the people in West Africa during the…
Transcontinental railroad construction.
1600s in the United States.
European takeover of Africa.
Transatlantic Slave Trade.
What is sugar in the excerpt above?
Food
Cash Crop
the name used for Africans
not important
The excerpt above is an example of which 2 Themes of Geography?
