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The least of the least (Latin America) Flashcards

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1
Q

Latin America is made of … - … - … - …

A

South America
Middle America
Central America
West Indies

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2
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Middle America is the geograpgical name to designate …

A

Mexico

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3
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Most countries in Latin America are … speaking countries

A

Spanish

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4
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The only exception is … where … is the dominant language

A

Brazil
Portuguese

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The … are composed of the four largest Carribbean islands : … - … - … - …

A

Greater Antilles
Cuba
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
Jamaica

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The … are the smaller islands in the form of an …

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Lesser Antilles
Arc

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… great Native Empires ruled over certain parts of Latin America in the past

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3

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8
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The … lived mostly in … - … - …

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Mayans
Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
Guatemala
Belize

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9
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The … ruled in … in and all around the … area

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Mexico
Mexico City

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10
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… was already an important city at that time and named … by the …

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Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Aztecs

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The … lived mostly in the … area between the … and the …

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Incas
Andes
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn

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One of their well-know archeological sites is the … in …

A

Machu Picchu
Peru

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… a Portuguese speaking country of … M people, is … and … the most … State of South America

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Brazil
204
culturally
economically
influential

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… is about half the size and has half the population of South America

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Brazil

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The world’s largest river is the … and it flows in the …

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Amazon
north of Brazil

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The annual averge flow of the river at its mouth is …

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210 000 m3/s

17
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This is … times more than the 2nd biggest, the … in …

A

5
Congo River
Africa

18
Q

The … is about the size of … or …

A

Amazon Bassin
Australia
continental USA

19
Q

… represents over half of the planet’s remaining … and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract

A

Amazonia
rainforests

20
Q

One in ten known species in the world live in the …

A

Amazon Rainforest

21
Q

The … and … is an ecological issue of prime importance

A

devlopement of Amazonia
destruction of the tropical forest

22
Q

Over the past 40 years, close to … % of the rainforest has been cut down

A

20%

23
Q

Another … % should be cleared over the next … years

A

20%
20 years

24
Q

The … Desert is the … desert on earth being on the rain shadow side of the …

A

Atacama
driest
Andes

25
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The … is the … mountain range on earth, are all along … coast of South America and were home of the Empire of the …

A

Andes
longest
western
Incas

26
Q

… is the .. mountain in the America at … m and is also the highest place on earth outside of …

A

Aconcagua
highest
6,960 m
Asia

27
Q

There are … and … descendants of African slaves on the … of Latin America

A

black populations
Mulattos
Atlantic Coast

28
Q

The … and … are much more in the interior and on the pacific side

A

Natives
Mestizos

29
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… and … are two countries of Latin America with the highest proportion of … (more than … %)

A

Bolivia
Guatemala
Natives
50%

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