Common Assessment #6

Review

LATIN AMERICA&

EUROPE

OBJECTIVE:

• REVIEW OF EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

• DEMONSTRATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF CONTENT, CONCEPT, & SKILLS

• RIVER INSIDE THE WORLD’S LARGEST

RAINFOREST-WHAT IS THE NAME OF BOTH?

AMAZON RIVER&

AMAZON RAINFOREST

DID YOU KNOW?DID YOU KNOW?

RAINFORESTS SERVE ASRAINFORESTS SERVE AS

““LUNGS OF THE EARTH”LUNGS OF THE EARTH”

AND CONTAIN VALUABLE AND CONTAIN VALUABLE RESOURCESRESOURCES

AND ARE ALSO HOME TO MANYAND ARE ALSO HOME TO MANY

PLANTS AND ANIMALSPLANTS AND ANIMALS

• THIS FEATURE STRETCHES NORTH TO SOUTH IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR 4,000 MILES

ANDES MOUNTAINSANDES MOUNTAINSSIMILAR TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINSSIMILAR TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

A VERY POPULAR SPORT IN SOUTH

AMERICA IS ?

SOCCER

A MAN-MADE WATERWAY IN LATIN AMERICA IS ?

The Panama Canal

WHAT IS A CANAL?

•A CANAL IS A MAN-MADE WATERWAY

CONNECTING 2 MAJOR BODIES OF WATER.

WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL

LANGUAGE OFLANGUAGE OF

BRAZIL?BRAZIL?

PORTUGUESE

WHAT IS THE STORMY, NARROW WHAT IS THE STORMY, NARROW WATERWAY IN S. AM. WATERWAY IN S. AM.

CONNECTING THE ATLANTIC TO CONNECTING THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC?THE PACIFIC?

THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN

IS THE STORMY WATER WAY THAT CONNECTS THE PACIFIC TO THE

ATLANTIC

WHAT PYYSICAL FEATURE

CONNECTS NORTH AMERICA

TO SOUTH AMERICA?

ISTHMUS OF

PANAMA

THE COUNTRIES THAT MAKE A LAND BRIDGE

BETWEEN MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE

CALLED?

CENTRAL AMERICA

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• THE ISLANDS OFF OF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA THAT ARE FAMOUS

FOR GIANT TURTLES ARE ?

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

WHAT

ARE

PAMPAS

?

PAMPAS:GRASSLAND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF

SOUTH AMERICA. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THEY HEARD CATTLE AND

FARM.

• WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATE?

DEFORESTATION:DEFORESTATION:

THE PROCESS OF CUTTING THE PROCESS OF CUTTING DOWN TREES WITHOUT DOWN TREES WITHOUT

REPLACING THEM, REPLACING THEM, PARTICULARLY RAINFORESTSPARTICULARLY RAINFORESTS

What are the effects of deforestation?

• Plants and animal species go extinct• Less oxygen available• The people who live in the rainforest

lose their homes and knowledge of the forest

WHAT CULTURES STRONGLY

INFLUENCED SOUTH AMERICA?

PORTUGAL&

SPAIN

What is the RELIGION of the MAJORITY

of the people of South America?

Catholocism

WHEN A COUNTRY RULES A LAND AND PEOPLE THAT ARE

FAR AWAY IS CALLED

?

COLONIZATION

What are some European countries located on a

peninsula?

SPAIN & Portugal

(Iberian)

Greece

(Balkan)

Italy-Italian

Norway/Sweden/Finland

(Scandanavian)

What are some contributions of the ancient

Greeks that continues to influence societies today?

Democratic republic

(government)

Architecture-arches and bridges; ideas

are used all over the world and the usa

What is a REVOLUTION?

A REVOLUTION IS A GREAT AND

OFTEN VIOLENT CHANGE

The industrial revolution was a time that became

important and people began to move and work in cities

It was a period of rapid industrialization in England,

which led to change in the way people lived.

WHO WERE MICHELANGELO AND LEONARDO DAVINCI?

FAMOUS ARTISTS

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Michelangelo’s painting on the dome of the Sistine Chapel

What was a person who disagreed with the Catholic

Church called?

A PROTESTANT(Martin Luther was one)

What was the time period called that included a

rebirth of learning, art, and culture?

RENAISSANCE

WHAT LANGUAGE DOES THE WORD RENAISSANCE

COME FROM?

FRENCH

REVOLUTION=?

CHANGE

Which country is connected to Portugal?

SPAIN

Which mountains divide Europe and Asia?

URAL MOUNTAINS

What country borders the Black Sea?

TURKEY

And RUSSIA

How is the European Union working to expand trade in

Europe?

The EU is trying to expand trade in Europe by ending fees on

goods entering the countries. By doing this they are hoping

that more countries will participate in trading.

What continent is EAST of Europe?

Which country in Europe is closest to the continent of

Africa?

SPAIN

AFRICA

What 2 countries are in both Europe

AND Asia?

Turkey and Russia

What sea is between Italy and Greece?

ADRIATIC SEA

Which countries in Europe border the Black Sea?

Turkey and Russia

What country borders the Caspian Sea?

RUSSIA

The country of Greece borders which bodies of water?

Adriatic/Mediterranean/Aegean

What peninsula is the northernmost peninsula in

Europe?

The Scandinavian Peninsula

What happened to the U.S.S.R. IN 1991?

It broke up into 15 “republics”, freed of Russian control.

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