Conquering other peoples, riches from tributes, center of trade and learning, made more than 1,000 medicines from plants, predicted eclipses and used hieroglyphics
100
Many Cubans who have fled Cuba have settled in what area?
Florida, particularly Miami
100
What is the height of land above sea level called?
Elevation
200
Why are rivers and lakes so important to people in Latin America?
They provide fish, water power, and a way to reach remote areas
200
Brazil was once a colony of which European country?
Portugal
200
What effect did the breakup of the Soviet Union have on Cuba?
Food, medicine, and tools became harder to get
200
What is a river or stream that flows into another main river?
A tributary
300
What industry does Latin America depend on, which can hurt the economy
Oil
300
The Line of Demarcation was an imaginary line that divided what?
Spain could settle and trade west of the line and Portugal to the East of the line
300
The ancestry of most Puerto Rican people is a combination of what peoples?
Spanish and African ancestry
300
What is a person who leaves or is forced to leave his or her homeland for another country?
Exile
400
One result of the population explosion in Latin America is an increase in what?
People moving to cities or people moving to rural areas
400
What is a government that owns all businesses and most of the countries land? (Cuba)
Communism
400
To spend money to earn more money is called what?
Investing
500
When the price of copper goes down, how does that effect the economy of Chile?
The economy suffers or the economy improves
500
The first European colony in the Americas to win independence was what?
Haiti or Brazil
500
What is a place that has its own governtment but also has strong ties to another country
Common
500
What is a pipe or channel used to carry water from a distant source to dry areas?