South America

Question 1

Largest river in terms of volume

Answer 1

Amazon River

Question 2

The desert found in Chile; driest desert in the world

Answer 2

Atacama

Question 3

Longest mountain range in the World

Answer 3

Andes

Question 4

Most sparsely populated mountain region of South America

Answer 4

Patagonia

Question 5

Type of government of Cuba

Answer 5

Communism

Question 6

What countries colonized South America

Answer 6

SPAIN, PORTUGAL, French, Dutch

Question 7

The mesoamerican Aztec empire located where?

Answer 7

Near Mexico City

Question 8

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 8

Treaty by the pope that divided the world in two, half for Spain and half for Portugal

Question 9

Peninsulares

Answer 9

Born in Spain and held important offices

Question 10

Creole

Answer 10

Born in the New World but parents are both from Spain

Question 11

Mestizo

Answer 11

Born to mixed racial heritage

Question 12

What country produces 75% of the world’s cocaine

Answer 12

Columbia

Question 13

Where was the Inca empire located

Answer 13

Peru

Question 14

Encomienda

Answer 14

System to exploite and enslave Native Americans

Question 15

Who colonized Brazil

Answer 15

Portugal

Question 16

Who colonized Mexico

Answer 16

Spain

Question 17

Where was the Mayan Empire located

Answer 17

Yucatan Peninsula

Question 18

Who is the leader of Cuba today

Answer 18

Raul Castro

Question 19

The Mayan calendar was based on cycles of

Answer 19

creation and destruction

Question 20

314 BC to Dec. 12, 2012

Answer 20

When the world was created to the time it would complete it’s downward cycle, according to the mayans.

Question 21

Quetzalcoatl & Cortes

Answer 21

Aztecs believed that Quetzalcoatl (god) had left the valley of Mexico in the 10th decade, and would return in triumph. Cortes (spanish explorer) arrived at the time that the Aztecs beleved Quetzalcoatl would return. Cortes took advantage of the opportunity. He and his group of explorers destroyed their temple and burned 1000s of books, except 4. The leader of the Aztec, Montezuma, didn’t believe Cortes was Quetzalcoatl so he created conflict between Cortes and the Aztec people. In a large battle, Cortes and his group killed all of the Aztecs.

Question 22

Human Sacrifices for the Sun God

Answer 22

Part of the Aztec religion.

Question 23

Why did Spaniard destroy Aztec books/records?

Answer 23

They believed they were evil and were by satan because they weren’t Christian.

Question 24

Mulattoes

Answer 24

Mixed African and European, Darker skin, Labor

Question 25

Why do people in Columbia have to farm Coca Leaves and make Cocaine.

Answer 25

It is the only thing that will give them a profit.

Question 26

Cartel

Answer 26

Groups that sell drugs to make money.

Question 27

Gasoline, Amonia, Sulfuric Acid, Lyme, Coca Leaves

Answer 27

Ingredients in Cocaine

Question 28

Machu Pichu

Answer 28

Most Famous Incan City, located at the top of a mountain.

Question 29

Incas

Answer 29

Great road makers and builders

Question 30

Teotihucan and Tenochtitlan

Answer 30

Aztec Cities

Question 31

Chichen Itza

Answer 31

Mayan Temple

Question 32

The Mayans wrote on

Answer 32

Bark, Clay and Stone

Question 33

365 days/year
18 mths.
20 day/mth.
-5 extra at end of last month to fit 365 days

Answer 33

Mayan Calendar

Question 34

Mayan writing is based on

Answer 34

Heiroglyphs (pictures)