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Latin America Unit 1

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

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

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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?

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What is another name for 0° latitude?

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

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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.
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What is the Northern Triangle?

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What is the line graph comparing?

Use the above graph to answer the following question.
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Which area of land provides the most conservation units for it’s indigenous people?

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

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What type of map is shown above?

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

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

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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?

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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_____________________________________.

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

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What is the driest desert in the world?

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

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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.
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Which indigenous cultures lived in the Andes Mountains?

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What country had the Tupi and Tapuia indigenous cultures?

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The conquistadors of Spain spread their influence because they wanted…

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

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

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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?

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

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

Use the above document to answer the following questions.
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This an example of what kind of document?

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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.
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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.
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What is sugar in the excerpt above?

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

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What is the picture above depicting?

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What does Longitude track on a map?