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| Question | Answer |
| Which country has had a Communist government since 1959 when Fidel Castro came to power? | CUBA |
| What are the Caribbean celebrations that have the big parades, fancy costumes, and music called? | CARNIVAL |
| What were the people of mixed European and Indian ancestry called? | MESTIZOS |
| Most of the religion in Pacific South America, Central America, and Mexico is what? | ROMAN CATHOLIC |
| This Central American country has fertile soil that has helped in the rebuilding efforts since the end of its civil war in 1992; it grows and exports coffee and sugarcane? | EL SALVADOR |
| Trade among Mexico, United States, and Canada was made easier by this? | NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) |
| Brazil's official language is what? Why? | PORTUGUESE. PORTUGAL COLONIZED BRAZIL. |
| TRUE OR FALSE. Newspapers, television, and radio stations in Cuba are controlled by the CUBAN GOVERNMENT. | TRUE |
| A problem in Mexico City that is made worse by the surrounding mountains is | SMOG |
| Which of these countries is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Venezuela, Colombia, French Guiana, or Suriname? | VENEZUELA |
| What is a mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog? | SMOG |
| European diseases killed the Aztecs in large numbers...Why? | THE AZTECS DID NOT HAVE AN IMMUNITY TO THE DISEASES. |
| OPEC is designed to do what? | CONTROL WORLD OIL PRODUCTION |
| A group of many islands? | ARCHIPELGO |
| The largest river system in the world is located in South America and called what? | AMAZON RIVER |
| Brazilian life reflects its mix of cultures with this celebration? | CARNIVAL |
| What is the name of the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere? | SANTO DOMINGO OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| This man led several wars of independence against Spain making him a hero in South America. Who is he? | SIMON BOLIVAR |
| What is the holiday that Mexicans celebrate to honor death as a part of life? | DAY OF THE DEAD |
| Which of these is not a part of the Greater Antilles: Hispanola, Jamaica, Cuba, or the Bahamas? | BAHAMAS |
| What is the name of the church outpost in the colonial Mexico that priests taught Indians Spanish and Catholicism? | MISSIONS |
| What war did Mexico lose nearly half of its territory to the US? | SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR |
| What are some causes of TECTONIC PLATE MOTION in the Caribbean Islands and Central America? | EARTHQUAKES, VOCANO ACTIVITY, AND PUSHING LAND UP FROM THE SEA |
| Where were the enslaved Africans and the Central American Indians forced to work? | PLANTATIONS & MINES |
| Most people move to the urban area of LIMA from the country because of? | INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENT JOBS |
| Which culture came first in Mexico and lived on the on the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, where they built temples and giant stations? | OLMEC |
| What killed the Aztecs in large numbers because the Aztecs did not have immunity from the Spanish? | EUROPEAN DISEASES |
| What is the name of the civilization that was known for having studied the stars and developed a detailed calendar? | MAYA |
| Which economic system is based on free trade and competition? | MARKET ECONOMY |
| Which type of government owns all the property and dominates all aspects of life in a country? | COMMUNISM |
| What is the the region called that is made up of the seven countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama? | CENTRAL AMERICA |
| Mexico will probably continue as a developing country until it does what? | PAYS ITS DEBT TO THE FOREIGN BANKS |
| This was a Spanish colony but today is a commonwealth of the United States? | PUERTO RICO |
| This country has suffered through violence, political unrest, and poverty that has created many political refugees and it is the poorest country in the Americas? | HAITI |
| What is the country that was ruled for many years by a group called the Sandinistas ? | NICARAGUA |
| The poorest country in the Americas is? | HAITI |
| Which type of government is ruled by a single person with all the power? | DICTATORSHIP |
| Which country is under a dictatorship in the Americas? | CUBA |
| What are some humanitarian organizations? | DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS |
| Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are this country's two largest cities. | BRAZIL |
| After the Spanish arrived, the INCA king ordered a room filled with what? | GOLD AND SILVER |
| Capital of Brazil. | Brazilia |
| Who controlled most of the banana production in Central America in the early to mid-1900s? | UNITED FRUIT COMPANY |
| This country was a Spanish colony, but today it is an US commonwealth? | PUERTO RICO |
| Ideas of independence in the Americas were sparked by slave revolt in? | HAITI |
| What is the archipelago divides the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean? | CARIBBEAN ISLANDS |
| This country is still recovering from 36 years of violence between rebels and government forces that has cost over 200,000 people to lose their life? | GUATEMALA |
| What crop does the government of Colombia want to export less of? | COCA |
| This act causes respiratory problems for the Mexican people? | SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE |
| Amazon rain forest houses the greatest variety of what? | PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE |
| What type of weather does Central America and the Caribbean Islands generally have? | SUNNY AND WARM |
| Which Central American country has history of peace and stability? | COSTA RICA |
| Which country is the largest in South America? | BRAZIL |
| This man discovered the Americas in 1492 when he landed in the Caribbean Islands? | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |
| Most of the Mexico, Central America, and South American regions were claimed by what Europeans? | SPAIN |
| TRUE OR FALSE: The island group closer to South America is the Bahamas. | FALSE - IT IS THE LESSER ANTILLES |
| What country controls the Panama Canal since the United States returned it back under its control in 1999? | PANAMA |
| What is the language most Mexicans speak because of the Spanish influence in the colonial times? | SPANISH |
| TRUE OR FALSE: Slash-and-burn agriculture is a problem because inhaling smoke can harm people's health. | TRUE |
| First Europeans to come to Argentina. | SPAIN OR SPANISH |
| What are the four large islands that make up the Greater Antilles? | CUBA, JAMAICA, HISPANIOLA (Haiti & Dominican Republic) AND PUERTO RICO |
| What is the process of moving from one place to live in another? | MIGRATION |
| Panama Canal is now controlled by whom? | PANAMA |
| Ecuador controls what chain of islands? | GALAPAGOS |
| The warming of ocean waters and heavy rains has been contributed to what? | EL NINO |
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