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6th - Exploring LA
Unit Vocabulary Review (Chapters 4-6)
| 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. | montaña |
| 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 |
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