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3. Category 1 : 1  Question: What mountain range runs down the Pacific coast of S. America?  Answer: Andes Back to the Board

4. Category 1 : 2  Question: Which river begins in the Andes Mountains and flowers eastward, flowing from Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean?  Answer: Amazon River Back to the Board

5. Category 1 : 3  Question: What is the name of the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela?  Answer: llanos Back to the Board

6. Category 1 : 4  Question: Which technique of farming is used by native peoples of Latin America to clear fields to grow crops?  Answer: slash and burn farming Back to the Board

7. Category 1 : 5  Question: What country contains the most of the Amazon rainforest?  Answer: Brazil Back to the Board

8. Category 2 : 1  Question: Which cattle grazing area is known for the gaucho culture in southern Brazil?  Answer: Pampas Back to the Board

9. Category 2 : 2  Question: What ancient technique is used to grow crops on hillsides?  Answer: terraced farming Back to the Board

10. Category 2 : 3  Question: What farming technique would result in the shrinking of the rain forest?  Answer: Slash and burn Back to the Board

11. Category 2 : 4  Question: Of the following, which would be best for farming? ○ Area around volcanoes ○ Mountains ○ Rain forests ○ llanos  Answer: llanos Back to the Board

12. Category 2 : 5  Question: Of the following, which is not a part of infrastructure? ○ Monuments ○ Sewers ○ Housing ○ Transportation  Answer: monuments Back to the Board

13. Category 3 : 1  Question: Which two groups did the most to shape the culture of Mexico?  Answer: Spanish and the natives Back to the Board

14. Category 3 : 2  Question: What trade agreement is most expected to contribute to Mexico’s economic prosperity?  Answer: NAFTA Back to the Board

15. Category 3 : 3  Question: What is the name of the factories along the US border in Mexico that manufacture goods for export?  Answer: maquiladoras Back to the Board

16. Category 3 : 4  Question: What three groups most shaped the culture of the countries in the Caribbean?  Answer: Natives, Europeans, and Africans Back to the Board

17. Category 3 : 5  Question: Which nations are part of NAFTA?  Answer: Canada, USA, and Mexico Back to the Board

18. Category 4 : 1  Question: What two countries gained control of land in South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?  Answer: Spain and Portugal Back to the Board

19. Category 4 : 2  Question: Why did the Portuguese bring in Africans to Brazil?  Answer: to work on the plantations Back to the Board

20. Category 4 : 3  Question: Which sector has Mexico been attempting to develop most in recent years? ○ Industrial ○ Agricultural ○ Service  Answer: Industrial Back to the Board

21. Category 4 : 4  Question: Which Latin American nation has the largest territory and population?  Answer: Brazil Back to the Board

22. Category 4 : 5  Question: Despite Spanish domination, the Inca language survived. This language is known as what?  Answer: Quechua Back to the Board

23. Category 5 : 1  Question: Which native tribe originated in the Andes Mountains of Peru?  Answer: Inca Back to the Board

24. Category 5 : 2  Question: Brazil was colonized by what nation?  Answer: Portugal Back to the Board

25. Category 5 : 3  Question: Who helped influence the culture of the Caribbean that was not involved in Mexico?  Answer: Other Europeans and Africans Back to the Board

26. Category 5 : 4  Question: What is exchanged in a debt for nature swap?  Answer: A country’s debt is relieved in exchange for the protection of wildlife. Back to the Board

27. Category 5 : 5  Question: What term describes a government under harsh, military leadership?  Answer: Junta Back to the Board

28. Category 6 : 1  Question: What is the name for the southernmost tip of Latin America?  Answer: Tierra del fuego Back to the Board

29. Category 6 : 2  Question: Of the following, which is most likely a result of urbanization? ○ Push/pull factors ○ Earthquakes ○ New water supplies ○ Environmental damage  Answer: Environmental damage Back to the Board

30. Category 6 : 3  Question: What is the name of the theory that dictates that temperatures around the world on slowly increasing?  Answer: Global warming Back to the Board

31. Category 6 : 4  Question: What term describes a wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife?  Answer: biodiversity Back to the Board

32. Category 6 : 5  Question: In what type of government is the country being controlled by a few powerful rulers?  Answer: oligarchy Back to the Board

33. Category 7 : 1  Question: What is the goal of land reform?  Answer: divide land and wealth more fairly Back to the Board

34. Category 7 : 2  Question: Portuguese is the official language of which Latin American country?  Answer: Brazil Back to the Board