1. Common Assessment #6 Review LATIN AMERICA & EUROPE

2. OBJECTIVE: REVIEW OF EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA DEMONSTRATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF CONTENT, CONCEPT, & SKILLS

3. RIVER INSIDE THE WORLD’S LARGEST RAINFOREST- WHAT IS THE NAME OF BOTH?

4. AMAZON RIVER & AMAZON RAINFOREST

5. DID YOU KNOW? RAINFORESTS SERVE AS “LUNGS OF THE EARTH” AND CONTAIN VALUABLE RESOURCES AND ARE ALSO HOME TO MANY PLANTS AND ANIMALS PLANTS AND ANIMALS

6. THIS FEATURE STRETCHES NORTH TO SOUTH IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR 4,000 MILES

7. ANDES MOUNTAINS SIMILAR TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

8. A VERY POPULAR SPORT IN SOUTH AMERICA IS ?

9. SOCCER

10. A MAN-MADE WATERWAY IN LATIN AMERICA IS ?

11. The Panama Canal

12. WHAT IS A CANAL?

13. A CANAL IS A MAN- MADE WATERWAY CONNECTING 2 MAJOR BODIES OF WATER.

14. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF BRAZIL?

15. PORTUGUESE

16. WHAT IS THE STORMY, NARROW WATERWAY IN S. AM. CONNECTING THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC?

17. THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN IS THE STORMY WATER WAY THAT CONNECTS THE PACIFIC TO THE ATLANTIC

18. WHAT PYYSICAL FEATURE CONNECTS NORTH AMERICA TO SOUTH AMERICA?

19. ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

20. THE COUNTRIES THAT MAKE A LAND BRIDGE BETWEEN MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE CALLED ?

21. CENTRAL AMERICA !

22. THE ISLANDS OFF OF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA THAT ARE FAMOUS FOR GIANT TURTLES ARE ?

23. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

24. WHAT ARE PAMPAS ?

25. PAMPAS: GRASSLAND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH AMERICA. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THEY HEARD CATTLE AND FARM.

26. WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATE?

27. DEFORESTATION: THE PROCESS OF CUTTING DOWN TREES WITHOUT REPLACING THEM, PARTICULARLY RAINFORESTS

28. What are the effects of deforestation? Plants and animal species go extinct Less oxygen available The people who live in the rainforest lose their homes and knowledge of the forest

29. WHAT CULTURES STRONGLY INFLUENCED SOUTH AMERICA?

30. PORTUGAL & SPAIN

31. What is the RELIGION of the MAJORITY of the people of South America?

32. Catholocism

33. WHEN A COUNTRY RULES A LAND AND PEOPLE THAT ARE FAR AWAY IS CALLED ?

34. COLONIZATION

35. What are some European countries located on a peninsula?

36. SPAIN & Portugal (Iberian)

37. Greece (Balkan)

38. Italy- Italian

39. Norway/Sweden/Finland (Scandanavian)

40. What are some contributions of the ancient Greeks that continues to influence societies today?

41. Democratic republic (government)

42. Architecture- arches and bridges; ideas are used all over the world and the usa

43. What is a REVOLUTION?

44. A REVOLUTION IS A GREAT AND OFTEN VIOLENT CHANGE

45. The industrial revolution was a time that became important and people began to move and work in cities

46. It was a period of rapid industrialization in England, which led to change in the way people lived.

47. WHO WERE MICHELANGELO AND LEONARDO DAVINCI?

48. FAMOUS ARTISTS Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Michelangelo’s painting on the dome of the Sistine Chapel

49. What was a person who disagreed with the Catholic Church called?

50. A PROTESTANT (Martin Luther was one)

51. What was the time period called that included a rebirth of learning, art, and culture?

52. RENAISSANCE

53. WHAT LANGUAGE DOES THE WORD RENAISSANCE COME FROM?

54. FRENCH

55. REVOLUTION= ?

56. CHANGE

57. Which country is connected to Portugal?

58. SPAIN

59. Which mountains divide Europe and Asia?

60. URAL MOUNTAINS

61. What country borders the Black Sea?

62. TURKEY And RUSSIA

63. How is the European Union working to expand trade in Europe?

64. The EU is trying to expand trade in Europe by ending fees on goods entering the countries. By doing this they are hoping that more countries will participate in trading.

65. What continent is EAST of Europe?

67. Which country in Europe is closest to the continent of Africa?

68. SPAIN AFRICA

69. What 2 countries are in both Europe AND Asia?

70. Turkey and Russia

71. What sea is between Italy and Greece?

72. ADRIATIC SEA

73. Which countries in Europe border the Black Sea?

74. Turkey and Russia

75. What country borders the Caspian Sea?

76. RUSSIA

77. The country of Greece borders which bodies of water?

78. Adriatic/Mediterranean/ Aegean

79. What peninsula is the northernmost peninsula in Europe?

80. The Scandinavian Peninsula

81. What happened to the U.S.S.R. IN 1991?

82. It broke up into 15 “republics”, freed of Russian control.

83. STUDY!