Latin America 🥶 Flashcards
Study 🤠(91 cards)
1
Q
Capital of Venezuela
A
Caracas
2
Q
Capital of Colombia
A
Bogota
3
Q
Capital of Peru
A
Lima
4
Q
Capital of Ecuador
A
Quito
5
Q
Capitals of Bolivia
A
Sucre- The real capital, La paz- The government capital
6
Q
Capital of Paraguay
A
Asuncion
7
Q
Capital of Brazil
A
Brasilia
8
Q
Capital of Chile
A
Sanitago
9
Q
Capital of Argentina
A
Buenos Aires
10
Q
Uruguay
A
Montevideo
11
Q
Guyana’s capital
A
Georgetown
12
Q
Capital of Suriname
A
Paramaribo
13
Q
Capital of French Guiana
A
Cayenne
14
Q
Capital of Mexico
A
Mexico City
15
Q
Capital of Guatemala
A
Guatemala City
16
Q
Capital of El savador
A
San Salvador
17
Q
Capital of Belize
A
Belmopan
18
Q
Capital of Costa Rica
A
San Jose
19
Q
Capital of the Bahamas
A
Nassau
20
Q
Capital of Cuba
A
Havana
21
Q
Capital of Nicaragua
A
Managua
22
Q
Capital of Jamaica
A
Kingston
23
Q
Capital of Honduras
A
Tegucigalpa
24
Q
Capital of Haiti
A
Port au Prince
25
Capital of DR
Santo Domingo
26
Capital of Panama
Panama City
27
Capital of Puerto Rico
San Juan
28
Where is the Brazilian Highlands?
The very east of South America, covering a huge chunk of land
29
Where are the Pampas?
Below the Brazillian Highlands, near the south east border of South America
30
What mountain range covers the entire west of south america?
The andes
31
What Chunk of forest covers the middle part of south America?
The Amazon Rainforest
32
What river runs from the peninsula of east south america to the andes?
The Amazon River
33
Where is Lake Titicana?
The edge of the mid Andes Mountains
34
What is cape horn?
The edge of southern Chile, touching the ocean
35
What is the Orinico?
A river in the north part of South America, stretching to the Andes
36
Where are the Llanos?
North, on the Orinoco River and near the Andes
37
Where is the Atacama Desert?
On the very edge of the west Andes Mountains
38
Where is mt. Aconcagua
On the Southern Andes
39
Where is Patagonia
The entire southern region of South America
40
What is Guyana's official Language
English
41
What is Suriname's official language
Dutch
41
What is French Guiana's official language
French
42
How long is Latin America
From the bottom of the US to Chile, 7000 miles
43
How large is south america
The 4th largest continent in the world
44
Traits of the andes
ring of fire-lots of volcanoes, jagged and snow covered, home to the incans, and very long
45
What are the plains
llanos- in colombia and venezuela, flat treeless land, and good for farming
46
Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries
46
Pampas
Argentina and Uruguay, grasslands great for farming
46
orinoco
1500 miles long, northermost river
47
amazon
4000 miles, most water in a river, and water comes from andes snow
47
How much dust fertlizes the rainforest
Over ½ of the dust that fertilizes the RF comes from the Sahara!!
47
altiplano
Bolivia, chile, argentina, very high up to 12000ft, and dry, cool
48
How many wildlife species are there
40,000 plant species (390 B individual trees)
1300 bird species (â…• of all bird species)
3000 types of fish (â…• of all fish species)
430 types of mammals
2.5 M different types of insects!!
48
Tribes in the amazon
400-500 indigenous tribes live here and up to 50 have had no contact with the outside world!
49
How large is the Amazon
Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries
50
What is the 3rd largest cat in the world
jaguar- weighing 200 pounds
51
Related to parrots
macaw- lives 2-4 lbs, and largest member of parrot family
52
Piranhas
Can reach up to 1 ft
52
Sloths
Poop once a week, 20-40 lbs, travels 13ft per hour
53
Anaconda
30ft long, 250-500 lbs, and can live up to 25 years
53
1st incan mummy found when
1954, a 8yr old male
54
ice maiden
500 yrs old, everything preserved, found in 1995
54
Ice maiden info
found with two 3-5 yr old children, and had been given drugs to be more easily coerced into sacrificing herself
54
Favela facts
600 found in rio, 6% live in them
55
Mexico history
Independence in 1821, Aztecs, and spanish colonization
56
What is mestizo
a mix of spanish and native culture
57
what are maquiladoras
mexican factories
58
what is nafta
freedom of trade between north american countries
59
who is benito juarez
president of mexico in mid 19th century. made land reforms letting anybody own land, a huge economic change
60
toltecs
ancient group, even before the aztecs
61
who was cuauhtemoc
lived 1495-1525, and led the final fight against the spanish, but ultimately lost to them and got killed
62
caribbean countries
Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba
63
central american countries
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua
64
what does taino mean
what caribbean people refer to themselves as
65
who led the only successful slave revolt that led to the independence of a country
toussaint louverture, who also was a slave and freed haiti
66
a mix of catholic and african beliefs
santeria, developed in cuba
67
what countries are in spanish speaking south america
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay,Suriname, Guyana and **French Guiana
68
what is a junta
a military dictatorship
69
who was simon bolivar
fought against the spanish for many countries independence
70
what is mercosur
a trading organization with countries of south america
71
What are the pryamids at tikal
In northern guatemala, tallest structures in americas until 1900s.
72
when was the panama canal opened
1914
73
who was jose de san martin
worked with simon bolivar to gain independence of chile, argentina, and peru
74
is education valued in chile?
very much, their literacy rates are 96% and a school push is happening
75
brazil size and population?
largest country and most population in south america
76
what was the treaty of tordesillas
1494, giving portugal brazil and spain everything else
77
largest ____ popluation in brazil?
catholic in the world, and japanese besides japan
78
what is carnival?
a festive holiday right before lent
79
how many acres of forest are destroyed in south america
50 million and rising every year
80
what covers 6% of earth
rainforests 🌳
81
