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30 Cards in this Set
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WHAT MOUNTAIN RANGE STRETCHES ALONG SOUTH AMERICA'S WEST COAST FOR 5,000 MILES?
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The Andes Mountains of Peru and Chile
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WHAT MIGHTY RIVER BEGINS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PERU AND FLOWS OVER 4,000 MILES INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
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The Amazon River (which is responsible for a fifth of the world's water that empties into the oceans).
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WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?
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The process of cutting and clearing away trees from a forest to provide timber & cattle ranches
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NAME THREE REASONS WHY DEFORESTATION IS A NEGATIVE PRACTICE.
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1. Reducing the number of trees and plants increases the amount of carbon dioxide.
2. Increased carbon dioxide contributes to global warming 3. People and animals have to go elsewhere for food --some species become extinct. |
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT LABEL A COUNTRY DEVELOPING?
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standard of living = low
economy = unstable government = unstable |
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT LABEL A COUNTRY DEVELOPED?
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standard of living = high
economy = stable government = stable |
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WHICH RIVER STARTS IN THE ANDES OF PERU, CROSSES BRAZIL, & EMPTIES INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
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The Amazon River
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WHY IS LATIN AMERICA A CULTURAL REGION?
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Majority of language spoken are derived from Latin
Common religion = Catholic Common descendants |
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DESCRIBE THE LENGTH & LOCATION OF THE ANDES MOUNTAINS
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Mountains 5000 miles long that run along the Pacific Coast in Peru & Chile
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WHAT DID THE SPANISH COLONISTS BRING TO LATIN AMERICA?
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Christianity, horses, pigs, sheep, disease
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WHY WERE THE SPANISH ABLE TO OVERTHROW THE NATIVE AMERICANS?
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They had superior weaponry
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WHAT IS COLONIALISM?
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System by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAYA CIVILIZATION?
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A revolt, disease, or famine. We are not sure.
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WHO CONQUERED THE AZTEC & WHEN?
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Hernan Cortes, 1519, Spanish
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WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS & WHEN?
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Francisco Pizarro, 1521, Spanish
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WHICH CIVILIZATION DID NOT HAVE A WRITTEN LANGUAGE?
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The Inca
did not just verbal |
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WHAT AREAS MAKE UP LATIN AMERICA -- THE REGION?
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Mexico,
Central & South America, & the Caribbean |
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WHICH CIVILIZATION LIVED IN PRESENT MEXICO CITY, MEXICO?
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The Aztec,
(Tenochtitlan) lived there |
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WHICH CIVILIZATION(S) LIVED IN CENTRAL AMERICA & MEXICO?
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Both Aztec & Maya
lived there |
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WHICH CIVILIZATION(S) LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA?
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The Inca,
lived there |
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WHICH CIVILIZATION CREATED TERRACES IN ORDER TO FARM?
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The Inca
due to steep mountainsides |
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WHAT ARE CHINAMPAS?
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Aztec Floating Gardens
built to grow crops |
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WHO BUILT CHINAMPAS & WHY?
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The Aztec b/c they lived on an island in the middle of a lake
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WHO EXITED MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA IN 900 CE, COMPLETELY ABANDONING THEIR CITIES?
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The Maya
ending the Classic Era |
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WHICH LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION(S) BUILT PYRAMIDS?
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Aztec & Maya
built them |
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WHICH LATIN AMERICAN CIVLIZATIONS WERE POLYTHEISTIC?
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All 3,
Aztec, Maya, & Inca believed in more than one god |
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WHICH CIVILIZATION DID NOT HAVE THE WHEEL AT ALL?
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The Inca
They didn't have steel either |
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WHAT IS THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?
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Exchange of goods & ideas between European countries & the colonies of N & S America
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WHO WAS MONTEZUMA II?
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Aztec ruler invited Cortes into his palace in 1519
only to be overthrown by Cortes & his men |
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WHAT FACTORS MAKE AN ECONOMY DIVERSE?
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variety of industries & products
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