Question | Answer |
In crowded Mexican cities, many people become __________ who live on someone else's land without permission. | squatters |
__________ move from place to place, picking the crops that are in season. | migrant farmworkers |
Most of the land in Guatemala belongs to the __________, who are mestizos. | ladinos |
In Guatemala, most of the people are members of one of the 23 different Native American __________ | ethnic groups |
Many Mayas in Guatemala have started __________ to fight poverty and bring human rights to Mayas. | political movements |
Meetings, protests, and __________ are all methods that Mayans have used in Guatemala to defend their rights. | strikes |
The Panama Canal uses a series of __________ and canals to move boats through. | locks |
The construction of the __________ made it possible to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean without having to travel around South America. | Panama Canal |
Until 1999, the US controlled a portion of Panama known as the __________ where they built military bases and stationed thousands of soldiers. | Canal Zone |
Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959 and has been ruling as a _________ ever since. | dictator |
In a __________ country, the government owns all large businesses and most of the land. | communist |
Many Cuban __________ risk their lives to emigrate to the United States where they will have freedoms that are limited in their own country. | exiles |
Unlike in the 1960s and 1970s, only about 5% of Cubans are __________ and 95% are able to read and write. | illiterate |
The blend of African, French and West Indian traditions in Haiti gives them a __________ culture. | Creole |
Throughout the Caribbean, there are several different __________ of a variety of languages spoken. | dialects |
People who live in Puerto Rico are __________ of the United States. | citizens |
Puerto Rico is a __________ of the United States with its own government. | commonwealth |
Even with their own __________, Puerto Rico is still bound by many US laws. | constitution |
The __________ is the name for the top layer of the Brazilian Rain Forest | canopy |
One of the reasons that the rain forest is so important is that oxygen is made there through the process of _________. | photosynthesis |
The __________ in Peru is a high plateau located in the Andes. | altiplano |
The highest mountains in Peru are located in the __________, the mountains that run from northwest to southeast Peru. | sierra |
The __________ is made up of tropical rain forests on the lower slopes of the Andes Mountains in Peru. | montaƱa |
At the higher elevations in the Andes, much of the region is covered with __________ where no trees grow because the soil is always frozen. | tundra |
To prevent insects from destroying their crops, many farmers in Chile use __________. | pesticides |
During the 1970s, the price of oil went up and an oil __________ began in Venezuela. | boom |
__________ occurs when a government sells its industries to individuals or private companies. | privatization |