7th Grade History
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| "The land of the shaking earth" | Mexico
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| "Where Central American farmers grow corn and beans for their families" | subsistence farms
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| "Highest mountains in the Western Hemisphere" | Aconcagua
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| Incan city discovered in 1911. | Macchu Picchu
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| Landform in Mexico. | Yucatan Peninsula
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| Large island that is located 90 miles south of Florida. | Cuba
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| Capital of Argentina | Buenos Aires
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| A kind of banana grown in Peru | plantain
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| Type of factories found in Mexico's border cities. | Maquiladores
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| Major industry of the Caribbean islands. | tourism
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| Country that declared independence from Portugal in 1822. | Brazil
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| Lies in the rain shadow of the Andes | Atacama Desert
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| U.S. citizens from an American Commonwealth country. | Puerto Ricans
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| This country has no army | Costa Rica
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| Type of government in all Central American countries. | democracy
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| Second-largest Latin American country in total area. | Argentina
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| The religion of most people in Central America. | Roman Catholics
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| One of the Greater Antilles. | Jamaica
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| Area that was a British colony from the 1600s to the late 1900s. | Belize
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| Citizens of Buenos Aires. | portenos
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| In terms of land area, Brazil is the world's ________. | Fifth-largest country
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| Cape Horn is South America's ______. | Southermost point
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| The country of Mexico is threatened by ______. | volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, earthquakes
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| Cuba has government based on the principles of _________. | communism
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| The southern tip of Argentina stretches almost to ___________. | Anarctica
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| Which country is more than 2,600 miles long but averages only 110 miles wide? | Chile
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| Early Mexican civilization included the _____. | Aztec, Olmec, and Maya
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| The United States gave control of the Panama Canal to Panama in _________. | 1999
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| The British, Dutch, and French had colonies in ________. | the Guianas
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| After independences, Columbia became part of ______. | New Granada
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| The growth of border cities in Mexico have done all of the following except_______. | lead to safer jobs for workers
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| The mountains that run through six South American countries are the ____________. | Andes
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| The South American country whose name in Spanish means "land of abundances" is ______. | Peru
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| Which of the following is NOT a coastal resort in Mexico? | Guadalajara
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| A mestizo is a person of mixed_________. | Native America and Spanish hertiage
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| Which South American country uses the euro as its currency? | French Guiana
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| Which of the following islands are in the Caribbean Sea? | Hispaniola
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| The river that forms much of Mexico's northern border ______. | Rio Grande
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| The central plains where two-thirds of Argentina's people live are _______. | The pampas
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| Who led the Spanish army that landed in Mexico in 1519? | Hernan Cortes
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