How does the sky burial work?

The deceased is left to be devoured by vultures as a religious ritual.

What is Lingua franca

A second language used for commercial purposes but not daily life

A mix of Amerindian and European

What is the Ring of Fire?

area around the Pacific Ocean with many earthquakes and volcanoes

Parallels north and south of the equator

The Amazon Rainforest today is:

A fraction of its original size

Although intended as a term of derision, the term banana republic reflected:

the power of fruit companies in much of politically unstable Latin America

a latitude line that locates the southern tropics

What does isolated language mean?

A language that is unrelated to any other languages like Japanese

What is pidgin language?

Parts of two or more languages combined like Spanglish

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1
The Amazon Rainforest has fallen victim to deforestation.
True
False
2
How does the sky burial work?
The vultures prey on those with bad karma and follow them.
The belief that after someone dies, they become a vulture
The deceased is left to be devoured by vultures as a religious ritual.
The hurt and dying are left in the open, at the vultures' mercy
3
Which letter is in the Northern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere?
J
D
G
C
4
What is Lingua franca
The local language in France
The first language of French immigrants
The French Language
A second language used for commercial purposes but not daily life
5
is Latin America a continent?
False
True
6
Southernmost point on the earth, 90 degrees south
International Date Line
South Pole
The Prime Meridian
North Pole
7
The reason the main language of Belize is English because these people colonized it:
Portuguese
British
Spanish
United States
8
What Is An Ofrenda?
An Altar
A type of bread
Traditional clothing
A flower
9
Mestizos were....
A mix of African and Portuguese
A mix of Amerindian and European
A mix of Portuguese and Spanish
A mix of African and Amerindian
10
This line of latitude is located at 66.5° South.
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
11
Frida Kahlo's paintings often expressed what?
Her pain or her life
Her happiness with life
Her love for the USA
Her beauty
12
What do people call the Amazon Rainforest
The giant of the plant kingdom
The planet of the apes
The animal kingdom
The lungs of the earth
13
Northernmost point on the earth, 90 degrees north.
North Pole
South Pole
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
14
Highest degree of measure is 90 degrees
International Date Line
Latitude
The West Pole
Longitude
15
How will deforestation affect the Amazon Rainforest?
Habitat loss
More room for Animal life
Nothing
Alien Invasion
16
The Amazon Rainforest is NOT:
Supporter of the Ozone Hole
Home of the indigenous Amerinidan tribes.
The lungs of the earth
The home of 30% of the world's species
17
What will you most likely find in a Ofrenda?
socks
cell phones
tv's
candles and photos
18
Which is NOT the name of one of the 7 continents?
Antarctica
South America
Europe
Latin America
19
What is the Ring of Fire?
area around the equator with many earthquakes and volcanoes
area around the Pacific Ocean with many earthquakes and volcanoes
area in California with many earthquakes and volcanoes
area around the Atlantic Ocean with many earthquakes and volcanoes
20
The equator and the prime meridian divide the world into
hemispheres
oceans
countries
continents
21
What is Latitude?
Parallels north and south of the equator
Lines that run east and west of the prime meridian
I dont know, What is it?
Lines
22
Which color represents Mexico on the Map?
green
purple
red
yellow
23
The Amazon Rainforest today is:
A fraction of its original size
The same size as always
Bigger than ever!
A desert
24
Although intended as a term of derision, the term banana republic reflected:
the policies of countries to restrict the growth of export fruit and goods
the power of landowning families in many Central American countries
the power of fruit companies in much of politically unstable Latin America
the power of The proletariat in Honduras
25
Tropic of Capricorn
a longitude line that locates the northern tropics
a latitude line that locates the southern tropics
a latitude line that locates the northern tropics
a longitude line that locates the southern tropics
26
What does isolated language mean?
Combination of Spanish and English spoken called Spanglish
A language that is unrelated to any other languages like Japanese
an anti-immigrant attitude- against hearling other languages spoken
an area where people share a similar but not identical culture
27
Is Tropic of Cancer below the Equator?
False
True
28
These lines meet at the poles
Latitude
international date line
Longitude
tropics
29
66.5 degrees North
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
Prime Meridian
Equator
30
What is pidgin language?
"common language" that is understood by the majority, like French in Quebec
Language adopted as mother tongue
Parts of two or more languages combined like Spanglish
Language without any native speakers like Latin
31
The corn belt and rust belt are examples of this type of region....
Perceptual
Isolated
Formal
Functional
32
Latin America only has Spanish speaking countries
True
False

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