Unit test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Mexico - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian/Catholic
Spanish
Mexico City
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| Costa Rica - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
San Jose
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| Panama - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Panama City
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| Cuba - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Authoritarian Dictatorship
Socialism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Havana
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| Brazil - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Portugese
Brasilia
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| Argentina - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Buenos Aires
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| Venezuela - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Federal Republic
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Caracas
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| Columbia - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Bogata
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| Chile - Government - Economy - Religion - Language -Capital | Representative Democracy
Capitalism
Christian Catholic
Spanish
Santiago
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| amazon rainforest | selva
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| people who travel to find work when extra help is needed to plant of harvest crops | migrant worker
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| smaller areas | subregion
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| a mineral used in fertilizer and explosives | sodium nitrate
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| farm products grown for export | cash crops
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| high ranking military officers or rich men supported by first class | caudillo
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| a government controlled economy and society | communist state
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| movement of people | migration
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| people of mixed Native American and European descent | mestizo
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| combining parts of different languages to make one | pidgin language
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| large festival | carnival
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| large paintings | mural
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| public squares | plaza
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| mexican cowhands | vaqueros
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| factories in which workers assemble parts made in other countries | maquiladora
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| small plots where farmers grow only enough food to feed their families | subsistence farm
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| group of islands | archipelago
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| series of steep cliffs that drop down to the Atlantic coastal plains | escarpment
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| over crowded slum areas that are surrounding many Brazilian cities | favela
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| cowhands | ganaho??? can't read
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| money owed by the government | national debt
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| miss a debt payment to the company or person who lent the money | default
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| percentage of people who can read and wrote | literacy rate
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| communist government decides how resources are used and what goods and services are produced | command economy
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| money sent back home by Haitians who work in other countries | remittances
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| self governing and territory | commonwealth
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| small river that flows into a larger river | tributary
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| an area where river and ocean tides meet | ostuary?
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| large farms that grow single crop for sale | plantation
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| narrow piece of land that links two larger areas of land | isthmus
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| tropical grasslands that stretch through eastern Columbia and Venezuela | Llanos
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| a plan covers much of Argentina and Uruguay | Pampas
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| Alcohol produced by sugar and gasoline | gasohol
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| area between tropics of cancer and tropics of capricorn | tropics
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| a dense stand of trees and plants that receive high amount of precipitation | rain forests
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| umbrella like covering of leavees | canopy
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| places high above sea level | altitude
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| corn | maize
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| form of writing that uses signs or symbols | heiroglyphics
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| hard black volcanic glass | obsidian
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| shiny green semiprecious stone | jade
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| large territory with many different peoples under one ruler | empire
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| Explain how climates and altitude/elevation affect daily life in Latin America | TROPICAL (rain forests, hurricanes) TEMPERATE (dry summer, rain throughout year, winter is short and mild, grow fruit and export), DRY CLIMATE (cacti, desert).
Altitude causes changes in climate and vegetation. Higher altitude =cooler temps. Tierra Hel
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| Create a timeline for the histories of Latin American countries, then explain the challenges caudillos created for individual countries while developing |
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| Identify the groups that colonized Latin America and explain their cultural influences on today's culture |
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