LATIN AMERICA GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEST 2
Quiz
Biggest waterfalls of South America, on the Paraná
- Iguaçu
- Hazienda
- Piraña
- pampero
Southern tip of South America, off the "Tierra del Fuego"
- Machu Picchu
- Popocatepetl
- Cape Horn
- Montezuma
Hot pepper growing in the unpleasant tropical climate of
French Guiana
- mate
- vanilla
- Cayenne pepper
- quinine
Well-known sea resort on the Pacific coast of Mexico
- Iguaçu
- Acapulco
- Machu Picchu
- Mato Grosso
Green-coloured, stimulating tea from a South-American
bush
- tobacco
- potato
- tomato
- mate
Dangerous species of fish in the Amazon river
- maracuja
- Cortes
- Pizarro
- piraña
Volcano near Mexico City
- Acapulco
- Popocatepetl
- Mato Grosso
- Machu Picchu
Fruit from the passion flower, growing in the Amazon
rainforest
- tomato
- tobacco
- maracuja
- vanilla
Big farm or plantation, in Brazil it is called "Facenda"
- hazienda
- Transamazonica
- estanzia
- Mato Grosso
East-west running road across the Amazon basin
- Popocatepetl
- pampero
- Montezuma
- Transamazonica
Cold southerly wind in Argentina
- pampero
- Iguaçu
- quinine
- Tango
Area between the Amazon basin and Brazilian
Highlands, "Dense Forest"
- Acapulco
- Mato Grosso
- Machu Picchu
- Acapulco
Big agricultural enterprise specializing in cattle ranching
- hazienda
- Mato Grosso
- maize
- Estanzia
Bitter-tasting substance from trees used against fever
and malaria
- vanilla
- maracuja
- quinine
- Cayenne pepper
Four crops which originate in Latin America
- bananas, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane
- tomato, potato, tobacco, maize
- oranges, lemons, tangerines, rubber
- rice, maize, potatoes, rubber
Spanish general who conquered the empire of the Incas
- Montezuma
- Acongagua
- Pizarro
- Cortes
The Incas' last retreat near Cuzco in the Andes
- Acapulco
- Iguaçu
- Popocatepetl
- Machu Picchu
Spanish General who conquered Mexico and killed the
last Aztec king.
- Cortes
- Machu Picchu
- Pizarro
- Tango
Melancholic dance from Argentina
- Rumba
- Chachacha
- Samba
- Tango
Last king of the Aztecs in Mexico
- Montezuma
- Pizarro
- Popocatepetl
- Mato Grosso
Pods from a species of orchids used for flavouring
- tobacco
- Cayenne pepper
- vanilla
- maracuja