Brazil Jeopardy Amazon Rain Forest Vocabulary Caribbean South America Uruguay Paraguay Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1 Amazon’s ____________ provides us with 1/4 of the world’s medicines.

$100 Answer from H1 Plants

$200 Question from H1 The Amazon Rain Forest is located around what river?

$200 Answer from H1 Amazon River

$300 Question from H1 What two things make a macaw different from a parrot?

$300 Answer from H1 Long Tail and Long Beak

$400 Question from H1 What type of climate does the rain forest have?

$400 Answer from H1 Tropical Climate

$500 Question from H1 What cultivation technique is being used to clear out the rain forest?

$500 Answer from H1 Slash and Burn

$100 Question from H2 What Brazilians refer to the Amazon Rain forest as?

$100 Answer from H2 Selva

$200 Question from H2 What is a steep cliff between a higher and lower surface?

$200 Answer from H2 Escarpment

$300 Question from H2 Slum Areas are called?

$300 Answer from H2 Favelas

$400 Question from H2 What is water generated electricity?

$400 Answer from H2 Hydroelectric Power

$500 Question from H2 What is a harsh military ruler in Venezuela called?

$500 Answer from H2 Caudillo

$100 Question from H3 What four countries make up Caribbean South America?

$100 Answer from H3 Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname

$200 Question from H3 What two crops did Venezuela depend on before the 1920’s?

$200 Answer from H3 Coffee and Cacao

$300 Question from H3 Asians make up what fraction of Guyana’s ancestry?

$300 Answer from H3 Half (1/2)

$400 Question from H3 What is the smallest independent country in South America?

$400 Answer from H3 Suriname

$500 Question from H3 French Guiana is considered to be a part of ______________.

$500 Answer from H3 France

$100 Question from H4 Uruguay serves as a _____________ to Venezuela and Brazil.

$100 Answer from H4 Buffer State

$200 Question from H4 Uruguay’s major economic activities are ___________ and ___________.

$200 Answer from H4 Raising Sheep and Cattle

$300 Question from H4 Animal Products such as ___________, _______________, and _____________ are major exports.

$300 Answer from H4 Wool, beef, and hides

$400 Question from H4 Cowhands are called _____________.

$400 Answer from H4 Gauchos

$500 Question from H4 What is a country that uses tax money to provide its people with help if they are sick, needy, or out of work?

$500 Answer from H4 Welfare State

$100 Question from H5 Paraguay doesn’t have a seacoast, so it is considered to be a ___________ country.

$100 Answer from H5 Landlocked

$200 Question from H5 What divides Paraguay into east and west regions?

$200 Answer from H5 The Paraguay River

$300 Question from H5 What are the major economic activities in Paraguay?

$300 Answer from H5 Forestry and Farming

$400 Question from H5 ______________ is a plant that is grounded up and eaten or used to make pudding such as tapioca.

$400 Answer from H5 Cassava

$500 Question from H5 Who were the first Native American group to live in Paraguay?

$500 Answer from H5 Guarani

Final Jeopardy What is the tea-like drink that is sipped through a straw from a gourd or the dried shell of a fruit?

Final Jeopardy Answer Yerba Mate`