Chapter 7-9 TEST Geo-Jeopardy! LATIN AMERICA MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA CARIBBEAN SOUTH AMERICA MISC. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

This has caused desertification in northern Mexico What is drought?

$200.00 MEXICO The Central ________ of Mexico is known for both dense population and extensive food cultivation What is the plateau?

$300.00 MEXICO Due to a lack of major rivers and lakes and population pressure, this is a scarce in resource What is water?

$400.00 MEXICO Due to its location in a valley, this city has significant air pollution problems What is Mexico City?

$500.00 MEXICO They built great cities and engaged in long-distance trade but disappeared before the Spanish arrived Who were the Maya?

$100.00 CENTRAL AMERICA Vertical climate zone that has frosts in winter and where potatoes and barley are grown What the tierra fria?

The only English-speaking country in Central America What is Belize?

What are bananas and sugarcane? $300.00 CENTRAL AMERICA The tierra caliente vertical climate zone is best able to grow what two crops? What are bananas and sugarcane?

What is the tierra templada? $400.00 CENTRAL AMERICA Which vertical climate zone in the region is the most densely populated? What is the tierra templada?

What is slash-and-burn? $500.00 CENTRAL AMERICA Logging and this destructive form of cultivation have led to deforestation in Central America What is slash-and-burn?

$100.00 CARIBBEAN Inspired by the French Revolution of 1789, Toussaint Louverture led a revolution to gain it independence in 1804. What is Haiti?

Bermuda and these islands are English-speaking $200.00 CARIBBEAN Bermuda and these islands are English-speaking What are the Bahamas?

$300.00 CARIBBEAN A blending of indigenous beliefs and Catholicism occurred in the Caribbean and Mexico in a process called What is sycretism?

$400.00 CARIBBEAN The islands suffer from this due to intensive plantation agriculture that removed natural vegetation  What is soil erosion?

$500.00 CARIBBEAN What are shantytowns? Due to their hillside location, these type of settlements in the Caribbean are prone to mudslides and flooding What are shantytowns?

$100.00 SOUTH AMERICA Unlawful mining in Peru has caused __________ as well as water pollution What is deforestation?

$200.00 SOUTH AMERICA Much like the Romans, they built thousands of miles of roads to link their empire together Who are the Inca?

$300.00 SOUTH AMERICA Which country in South America set voluntarily set its own greenhouse gas emission targets? What is Argentina?

Who led the independence movements in South America? Who are Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín?

Where do most people in South America tend to live? Where is near coastlines and along major rivers?

Urban slums located on the outskirts of the South American cities $100.00 MISCELLANEOUS Urban slums located on the outskirts of the South American cities  What are favelas?

$200.00 MISCELLANEOUS Nearly what percentage of all plant and animal species on earth live in the earth’s rain forests? What is 50%?

This is the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere $300.00 MISCELLANEOUS This is the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere What is Sao Paolo, Brazil ?

$400.00 MISCELLANEOUS Term for the phenomena of highly educated and highly skilled workers emigrating to other countries What is the brain drain?

What is the Gulf of Mexico? $500.00 MISCELLANEOUS Mexico’s location on the ____________ enabled a large fishing industry to develop. What is the Gulf of Mexico?