South America

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Multiple Choice

What European explorer was the first to sail to The Caribbean?

• Christopher Columbus

• Magellan

• Sir Francis Drake

• Bob Marley

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What year did Europeans discover The New World (North and South America)?

• 1292

• 1392

• 1492

• 1592

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True or False? Fidel Castro won a presidential election in 1955 and became president of Cuba in 1956.

• True

• False

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What was The Columbian Exchange?

• The global shifts that resulted in Columbus' discovery of The New World

• The conversion of Spanish pesetas to US currency

• The movement of people from Europe to The New World

• The exchange of students between Europe and Mexico

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Where are tomatoes originally from?

• South America

• Italy

• France

• Africa

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TURN AND TALK:

What do you know about South America?

The Andes
Mountains

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Where are the Andes Mountains?

• Along the west coast of South America

• In Brazil

• In Patagonia

• Along the north coast of South America

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What is Patagonia?

• A region full of lakes in southern Argentina and Chile

• A region full of rainforests in Brazil

• A region with a large desert in Paraguay

• The largest lake in South America

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What is a vertical climate zone?

• The various climates found at different elevations

• A climate that is vertical

• Snow found on top of mountains

• The regular patterns of weather

It's the driest in the world!

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What is the Atacama Desert?

• The driest desert in the world

• The largest desert in the qorld

• The largest lake in South America

• The tallest mountain in South America

​Rain Shadows

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What is a rain shadow?

The west-east movement of
weather across North America

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About every 10 years,
The Pacific Ocean warms up.

The warmer waters cause the Pacific jet stream to move south.

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How often is El Nino?

• Roughly every 10 years

• Roughly every 5 years

• Roughly every 20 years

• Every 6-7 years

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Which is an effect of El Nino?

• Flooding

• Tornadoes

• Earthquakes

• Blizzards

European
Colonization:

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What two countries colonized most of South America?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• The United Kingdom

​Brazil speaks

French Guiana speaks French

The rest of South America speaks Spanish

Multiple Choice

What language is spoken in Brazil?

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

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What percentage of the world's oxygen is produced in The Amazon Rainforest?

• 5

• 20

• 30

• 50

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What percentage of species on the planet live in The Amazon?

• 1

• 5

• 7

• 10

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What is the minimum width of the Amazon River during the dry season?

• .5 mile

• 1 mile

• 2 miles

• 4 miles

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EXIT TICKET:

Why are people cutting down trees and destroying The Amazon Rainforest?

• They make money from farming and cattle ranching

• They do not like the dangerous animals that live in the rainforest

• They use the wood to build ships

• The trees are two tall and can fall on buildings