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Mexico has what geographical feature located between the two Sierra Mountain Ranges?
What is Plateau of Mexico
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Rugged terrain and mountains
What is Honduras
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Moving pieces of the earth's crush and upper mantel are called
What is Tectonic plates
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Which country contains the panama canal
What is Panama
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What is a fracture of the earth's surface called
What is a fault
200
Most populated country (besides Mexico) in Central America
What is Guatemala
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Name one native group that originally settled in Mexico
What is Aztecs, Mayans
200
Valley of Mexico contains which major Mexican city?
What is Mexico City
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Artificial waterway constructed to allow passages of boats
What is a canal
200
The Panama Canal connects which 2 bodies of water
What is Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
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What two things are a constant threat in Central America
What is Earthquakes and Volcanoes
300
Crops include citrus and sugar
What is belize
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Crops include bananas and coffee
What is Costa Rica
300
Contains a dense forest that is uninhabitable
What is Panama
300
Mexico thought (before the war) that their territory ended where?
What is Nueces River
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Name for the 19th century belief that America's expansion westward was inevitable and justified?
What is Manifest Destiny
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Who conquered areas of modern day Mexico for Spain?
What is Hernando Cortes
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What did Columbus call the Caribbean Islands?
What is West Indies
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Which area contains many small islands
What is Lesser Antilles
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Other than Mexico, The Sierra Madre Mountains dominate this area
What is Costa Rica
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Area where Mexico narrows is called...
What is Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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What did Mexico get from Spain and what did Spain get from Mexico?
What is Mexico got Catholic religion and spanish language, Spain got silver and gold
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What treaty ended the Mexican American war and what 2 things did it do.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, 1. Mexico/US territoy drawn at Rio Grande, 2. allows US to purchase land from Mexico for $15 million
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Which two island countries experience droughts?
What is Jamaica and Puerto Rico?
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The Mexican-American War started because of which two reasons?
1. US annexation of Texas in 1845, 2. Disagreement on where US/Mexico territory started
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