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QR Challenge: Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.


B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!


C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.


Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question

Answer

1. This canal is built through an isthmus and allows ships to travel easily (short-cut) between the Atlantic and Pacific OceansPanama Canal
2. This sea is located between Cuba and South AmericaCaribbean Sea
3. This region includes Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and South AmericaLatin America
4. This River is the 2nd longest river in the worldAmazon River
5. What physical feature causes the bowl shape of Mexico City trapping the air pollutionSierra Madre Mountains
6. The movement of people, agriculture, diseases and commodities is calledColombian Exchange
7. How did the U.S. respond after hearing about Castro's takeover of Cuba?They placed an embargo, cutting off any sugar exports to America
8. Why did Latinos decide to immigrate to the U.S.?Lack of economic opportunities and war on drugs
9. What is the main religion in Latin America?Roman Catholicism
10. What is Brazil's official language after being colonized?Portuguese
11. Three main cultural groups in Latin America.Native Americans, Africans, Europeans
12. What is the reason for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?Expansion of European influence into the New World, need for cheap labor for plantation work, to replace native Americans who died.
13. What is the cause of the loss of the Amazon Rainforest? The need for farmland and living space to support Brazil's expansion.
14. Which countries are used like a corridor through which drugs like cocaine are transported?Guatemala and Mexico
15. Why is there poverty in Latin America?Lack of high-paying, high skilled employment opportunities, no investment and access to education
16. How did the Soviet Union help after the embargo?They agreed to purchase their sugarcane as well as provide weapons to Castro
17. Why did the Mexican Government passed a series of laws concerning the manufacture and operation of automobiles;switching to cleaner-burning fuels, installing catalytic converters on new cars, requiring tougher vehicle inspections.To help the quality of air and prevent air pollution
18. We can see Spanish influence (culture, language and religion) in all of the countries below EXCEPTBrazil
19. Why do most Cubans live in urban areasTo be close to jobs like sugarcane refining
20. Many of the enslaved indigenous people in Latin America died of disease, the Spanish and Portuguese imported slaves fromWest Africa

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_canal_is_built_through_an_isthmus_and_allows_ships_to_travel_easily_(short-cut)_between_the_Atlantic_and_Pacific_Oceans

Question 1 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_sea_is_located_between_Cuba_and_South_America

Question 2 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_region_includes_Mexico,_Central_America,_the_Caribbean_Islands,_and_South_America

Question 3 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_River_is_the_2nd_longest_river_in_the_world

Question 4 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_physical_feature_causes_the_bowl_shape_of_Mexico_City_trapping_the_air_pollution

Question 5 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_movement_of_people,_agriculture,_diseases_and_commodities_is_called

Question 6 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_did_the_U.S._respond_after_hearing_about_Castro's_takeover_of_Cuba?

Question 7 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_Latinos_decide_to_immigrate_to_the_U.S.?

Question 8 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_main_religion_in_Latin_America?

Question 9 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_Brazil's_official_language_after_being_colonized?

Question 10 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Three_main_cultural_groups_in_Latin_America.

Question 11 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_reason_for_the_Transatlantic_Slave_Trade?

Question 12 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_cause_of_the_loss_of_the_Amazon_Rainforest?

Question 13 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_countries_are_used_like_a_corridor_through_which_drugs_like_cocaine_are_transported?

Question 14 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_there_poverty_in_Latin_America?

Question 15 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_did_the_Soviet_Union_help_after_the_embargo?

Question 16 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_Mexican_Government_passed_a_series_of_laws_concerning_the_manufacture_and_operation_of_automobiles;switching_to_cleaner-burning_fuels,_installing_catalytic_converters_on_new_cars,_requiring_tougher_vehicle_inspections.

Question 17 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=We_can_see_Spanish_influence_(culture,_language_and_religion)_in_all_of_the_countries_below_EXCEPT

Question 18 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_do_most_Cubans_live_in_urban_areas

Question 19 (of 20)

 



Unit 6 - Latin America Geography & History: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Many_of_the_enslaved_indigenous_people_in_Latin_America_died_of_disease,_the_Spanish_and_Portuguese_imported_slaves_from

Question 20 (of 20)