Game Instructions

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Game Instructions

• Print off the slides, one per page
• Post the categories
• Attach the answers to the back side of the
  question.
• Place all questions in a folder based on the
  category
• Allow the students to choose a point value
• Give them an opportunity to answer the question.
• If answered incorrectly, the question goes back
  in the folder.
• If answered correctly, the question does not go
  back into the folder until the game is over.
• The game is over when time is up or a certain
  point count is met.

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Aztec and Inca Native Americans
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• The Caribbean

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• Central and South America

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• Canada

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• Forms of Government

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How did the Aztecs and Incan Native Americans
improve their physical environment? (20 pts.
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• By terracing hillsides
• Building floating islands for farming

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• Who led the Spanish soldiers and conquered the
  Incans? (10 pts)

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• Pizarro

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• Why was smallpox such a problem for the Native
  Americans? (10 pts)

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• They had no resistance to the new diseases from
  Europe

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• Which Latin American country is more
  industrialized than most of the others? (5 pts)

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• Chile

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• Name the 4 things that identify a physical
  region. (20 pts)

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• Type of soil
• Climate
• Vegetation
• Landforms

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• In Canada, who heads the legislative branch of
  the government? (10 pts)

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• The Prime Minister

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• Which two major countries in North America were
  once colonies of Britain? (10 pts)

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• The United States
• Canada

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• The major religion of both Central and South
  America is what? (5 pts)

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• Roman Catholic

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• Which European country influenced the major
  religion of Central and South America? (10 pts)

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• Spain

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• The country of Brazil is crossed by what line of
  latitude? (10 pts)

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• The Equator

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• Which political group in Quebec believed that
  Quebec should be an independent nation? (20 pts)

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• The Separatists

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• Which river basin in South America contains the
  worlds largest rain forest? (5 pts)

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• The Amazon River basin

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• Which 3 Latin American Native American tribal
  groups had highly organized governments? (5 pts)

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• Mayan
• Aztec
• Incan

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• Who is the leader of Parliament? (5 pts)

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• The Prime Minister

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• Where do most of the population of Canada live?
  (10 pts)

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• Within 100 miles of the U.S. border

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• Why is the population of northern Canada so
  small? (5 pts)

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• It is too cold for people to live there.

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• Which direction do the Canadian Rocky mountain
  range run? (5 pts)

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• North to south

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• Who is Canadas largest economic trading partner?
  (10 pts)

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• The United States

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• What caused the creation of the Mestizo culture?
  (20 pts)

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• The Spanish conquered the Aztecs and established
  Mexico.

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• True or False
• The Caribbean is an industrialized nation. (5 pts)

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• False

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• True or False
• In a parliamentary government the head of the
  government is a member of the legislature. (10
  pts)

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• True

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• The Canadian Parliament is part of the
  ______________ Parliament. (20 pts)

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• British Parliament

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• Which branch of government is responsible for
  making laws? (5 pts)

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• The legislative branch

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• The French originally settled in which Canadian
  province? (10 pts)

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• Quebec

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• True or False
• The Aztec, Inca, and Maya were Native American
  civilizations in Central and South America
  developed after the European exploration.
• (10 pts)

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• False

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• Which two water routes are used to ship products
  from Canada to Europe? (10 pts)

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• The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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• The countries of Haiti and Canada speak which
  language? (5 pts)

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• French

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• The Mestizo people have ancestors from which two
  cultures?
• (20 pts)

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• Native American and Spanish

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• Which is the longest river in the Western
  Hemisphere?
• (5 pts)

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• The Amazon

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• How did the Spanish army conquer the Aztecs? (20
  pts)

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• The enemies of the Aztecs helped the Spanish.

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• Fill in the blank
• Canada and the U.S. have the longest
  ______________ border in the world. (20 pts)

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• Unfortified

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• What landform forces most of the population of
  South America to live on the coast? (10 pts)

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• The Andes Mountains

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• Who led the independence movement in the country
  of Haiti? (20 pts)

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• Toussaint LOuverture

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• What form of government is in the country of
  Mexico? (10 pts)

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• Representative Democracy

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• What is the greatest threat to the rain forests
  of Brazil? (5 pts)

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• The logging industry

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• Brazil was once a colony of what country? (5 pts)

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• Portugal

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• What is the official language of Brazil? (5 pts)

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• Portugese

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• How did Canada achieve its independence from
  Britain? (10 pts)

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• Through negotiations

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• What type of climate is found in Central America?
  (10 pts)

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• Temperate Climate

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• What creates the climate found in Central
  America? (20 pts)

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• High mountains that block winds and moisture.

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• What do the Caribbean nations rely on most for
  their economy? (5 pts)

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• Tourism

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• Short Answer
• A dictatorship is a type of government where
  __________________.
• (20 pts)

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• One person has control.

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• Many Central and South American countries were
  ruled by this form of government in the 1800s
  and 1900s. What was that form of government?
  (10 pts)

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• dictatorship

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• True or False
• A military dictatorship would most likely abolish
  all opposing political parties. (10 pts)

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• True

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• The U.S. and Canada share what physical feature?
  (5 pts)

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• 5 Points

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• 10 Points

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• 20 Points

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• The Rocky Mountains