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Latin America Review
Unit 3 Review of Latin America
Question | Answer |
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The Panama Canal was built to | provide a shortcut for trade |
What environmental concern is being caused by logging, mining, and farming in Brazil? | destruction of the rain forest |
Where did Europeans in the 16th century find a cheap labor source for work in the New Americas? | Slaves from Africa |
Toussaint L'Ouverture was famous for his role in gaining independence for which country? | Haiti |
Simon Bolivar was known as the liberator for which people? | South Americans |
Miguel Hidalgo was known as the father of independence for which country? | Mexico |
What type of government did Fidel Castro create in Cuba? | Communist |
What is the goal of the Zapatista guerilla movement? | to protect the land rights of indigenous Americans in Mexico |
The relationship between the literacy rate and the standard of living in Latin America is | a higher literacy rate means a higher standard of living |
Citizens from which country are considered to have the least freedom? | Cuba |
Venzula is a world leader in the production of? | Oil |
Most Latin American cultures are a mix of European and ? | Indigenous |
Haiti and Cuba are located in the | Carribean Sea |
What are two primary languages of Latin America? | Spanish and Portuguese |
The large amount of arable land is MOST helpful in which industry in CUBA? | farming |