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JEOPARDY!Geography North

AmericaMexico Central

and South America

Culture Miscellaneous

Geography100

Term used to describe the connected 48 States

of the United States

Geography100

What is contiguous?

Geography200

The cultural region from the Rio Grande to the bottom of South America

…things these countries have in common

Geography 200

What is Latin America?What are shared language (Spanish), religion (Roman Catholic),

holidays, food?

Geography 300

Reason why houses are built like the top

picture…the bottom picture

shows …the theme of

Geography these represent

Geography 300

What is built to withstand hurricanes and high water on the Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston)?

What is Human-Environment Interactions?

Geography 400

The major landform found in Central America…the shortcut built to connect the Atlantic &

Pacific Oceans

Geography 400

What is an isthmus?What is the Panama Canal?

Geography 500

Landform covering ½ of Brazil

…word meaning cutting it down too quickly

Geography 500

What is the Amazon Rainforest?

What is deforestation?

Geography 600

The 5 themes of geography…reason geographers study maps

Geography 600

What are Location, Place, Human-Environment

Interactions, Movement, & Regions?

What is to study relationships between people and places?

(physical & cultural features of the Earth)

North America 100

The three branches of the US Government

North America 100

What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?

North America 200

The date that the Declaration of

Independence was signed

North America 200

What is July 4, 1776

North America 300

National languages of Canada…City that speaks a different

language than others in Canada

North America300

What are English & French?What is Quebec City?

North America 400

NAFTA stands for…Countries involved in

NAFTA

North America 400

What is North American Free Trade

Agreement? Who are Canada, USA,

& Mexico?

North America 500

Relative Location of these landforms:-Rocky Mountains-Appalachian Mountains-Mt. McKinley-Hudson Bay

North America 500

What is Western US (Colorado)?What is Eastern US (Tennessee)?

What is NW US (Alaska)?What is Eastern Canada?

North America 600

Conflict between the two Super Powers after WWII

…other effects of this conflict

North America 600

What is the Cold War (USA & Soviet Union)?

What are the Space Race & the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The 3 tribes that populated Mexico, Central, & South America before European

explorers came…word meaning first people,

natives

Daily Double!!!

Who are the Mayans, Aztecs,

and Incas?

What is indigenous?

Daily Double!!!

Mexico200

The people group in Mexico that is a mix of Native American and

Spanish European cultures

Mexico200

What are Mestizos?

Mexico300

In the 1500’s, the Aztecs in Mexico were conquered by Spanish soldiers led by

…The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was renamed

Mexico300

Who is Hernan Cortez?What is Mexico City?

Mexico400

Violence & government corruption in Mexico, more job opportunities in US,

higher standard of living, & good education available are all examples of

Mexico400

What are factors that influence immigration from

Mexico to the U.S.?Push Factors Pull Factors

Violence and government corruption is driving many Mexicans out of their towns and villages.

Job opportunities, a higher standard of living, and a quality education are attracting Mexicans to the United States.

Mexico500

Texans have adopted various ideas and skills from Mexico ranging from vaqueros (cowboys) to celebrations

and food. This is called

Mexico500

What is cultural diffusion?

Mexico600

The climate of Mexico City and the geographic

features that affect its climate

Mexico600

What is cool climate?What are surrounding

mountains and the Mexican Plateau (high elevation)?

Central & South America

100

The language spoken in Brazil that is different from the rest of Latin

America & why

Central & South America

100

What is Portuguese brought by explorers from

Portugal?

Central & South America

200

The physical feature that runs through the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,

Chile, & Argentina on the west coast of South America

Central & South America

200

What are the Andes

Mountains?

Central & South America

300

The information in the chart shows cultural

influence from

Central & South America

300

What is the history of colonization by a European country

(Spain)?

Central & South America

400

New York City & Rio de Janeiro have this in

common

Central & South America

400

What is they are both port cities

(next to water) & have lots of

global trading?

Central & South America

500

The type of government in Cuba & the leader

…where people escaping from Cuba try to go

Central & South America

500What is Communist?

Who is Fidel & Raul Castro?Where is Miami, Florida, USA?

Central & South America

600

The Columbian Exchange& list 3 things exchanged

…the continent that benefited most at the beginning

Central & South America

600What is the exchange of animals, plants, people, ideas, & diseases

between Europe and the Americas?What is Europe?

Culture100

Culture is referred to as a blueprint for living

because

Culture100

What is culture includes all aspects of how people behave

in society (things you learn from those around

you including language, religion, holidays, clothing, food, sports)

Culture200

The great diversity of climates & geographic features where human settlement occurs is explained by…the Theme of Geography this

represents

Culture200

What is people’s ability to adapt to different physical surroundings?

What is human-environment interactions?

Culture 300

The type of environment described by the chart

Homeless living on the streets High population rates People and traffic Pollution Higher rates of crime Many buildings closer together

Culture300

What is urban living (large cities)?

Culture400

Devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean affect

economy by

Culture400

What is disrupting tourism (a major source of income)

Daily Double!!!The correct location for these physical features

-Amazon River-Panama Canal-Baja Peninsula-Andes Mts.

Daily Double!!!

What is-Amazon River Brazil-Panama Canal Central America-Baja Peninsula Mexico-Andes Mts. South America

Culture600

The reason we have 4 seasons on Earth

Culture600

What is the tilt of the Earth’s axis as it

revolves around the sun

Miscellaneous100

Location where most of Canada’s population density is located…49th parallel (49ºN

latitude) represents

Miscellaneous100

What is within 100 miles of the US/Canada border?What is the US/Canada

border?(longest undefended border)

Miscellaneous200

2 current issues in Columbia

Miscellaneous200

What are drugs, violence, & government

corruption?

Miscellaneous300

Tall mountain ranges like the Andes were formed as the result of…the name of the super continent

before this took place

Miscellaneous300

What is Plate Tectonics?What is Pangaea?

Miscellaneous400

Latitude and longitude can be

used to determine

Miscellaneous400

What is absolute location?

Miscellaneous500

The type of geographic feature shown on this map

…name 3 places these are found

Miscellaneous500

What are peninsulas?What is Mexico (Baja &

Yucatan), Florida, Italy, India

Miscellaneous600

Show the location & list the degrees of all major latitude and

longitude lines on the Earth using your body (Geography George)

Miscellaneous600

What isNorth Pole 90ºN

Arctic Circle 66ºN

Tropic of Cancer 23.5ºN

Tropic of Capricorn 23.5ºS

Equator 0º

Antarctic Circle 66ºS

South Pole 90º

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