Vocabulary
Vocabulary
History
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Geography
100
Takes part in in irregular warfare?
Guerillas
100
Steep-sided depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses?
Sinkhole
100
Mexico city was originally the capital of which ancient Civilization?
Aztec. "Tenochtitlán"
100
What tree's do Cocoa beans grow on?
Cacao Tree
100
Puerto Rico is a _________ of the U.S.
Territory
200
Produced primarily to sell?
Cash Crop
200
someone who flees to another country?
Refugee
200
Which nation conquered the Aztecs?
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador
200
two most important minerals found on Mexico?
Silver. Gold, Copper, Zinc
200
Lesser Antilles
large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S
300
Rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power?
Inflation
300
people who conquered Central America and the Caribbean?
Conquistadors.
300
Official language of Mexico?
Spanish
300
The U.S. does not trade with which country?
Cuba
300
Greater Antilles
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico
400
Practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists?
ecotourism
400
Mixed Spanish and Indian blood?
Mestizos
400
The Mayans Created?
365 day calendar, Astronomy, Zero.
400
Name 7 countries that make up Central America?
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
400
This river goes by two names
Rio Bravo, Rio Grande
500
Group of or chain of islands?
Archipelago
500
factories located near the northern boarder of Mexico
Maquiladoras
500
what creates Smog?
Fog and smoke
500
6 Regions of Mexico
Mexico City, Central Interior, Oil Coast, Southern Mexico, Northern Mexico, Yucatan.
500
What is the Sierra Madre Orientals and Occidentals?
Mountains