Mexico
Trials & Tourism
Puerto Rico & Caribbean
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TMD
100

This NAFTA nation has a strong north-south economic divide and one of the top 10 populations in the world. 

What is Mexico?

100

A small country run by corrupt dictator dependent on export of single thing

What is a banana republic?

100

These are the bigger and smaller islands in the Caribbean. 

What are the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles?

100

A city whose population is more than double the next largest city in the same nation. 

What is a primate city?

100

The national drink of Argentina

What is mate?

200

This describes the different economic strength found in different areas of Mexico.

What is the North-South Divide? 

200

This man looted Machu Picchu after "discovering" it in 1911. 

Who is Hiram Bingham?

200

This term describes Puerto Rico's status related to the United States.

What is a commonwealth?

200

This main thoroughfare, on which important businesses are built, is part of the Latin American City Model. 

What is a spine?

200

This is the city where La Ponderosa is finally rendered useless for travel. 

What is Collipulli, Chile?

300

These are two important issues facing Mexico City. 

What is subsidence and pollution?

300

These are smaller, modern resorts catering to wealthier crowds, often offering activities like ecotourism and heritage tourism. 

What are third generation resorts in Club Mex (Mexico)?

300

This is how much of the population of Puerto Rico wants to become a state of the United States. 

What is 55%? 

300

The Pacific Coastal Plain, the Central Mountains, and the East Coast.

What are the three physical regions of Nicaragua?

300

According to Guevara, the name for tablelands on top of the mountain chains in Peru. 

What are pampas?

400

These are the five 'nations' of Mexico. 

What is Mexamerica, Metromex, New Spain, South Mexico, and Club Mex? 

400

This man and his family rule Nicaragua for ~50 years after ensuring the death of Augusto Sandino. 

Who is Anastasio Somoza?

400

This is one place in Puerto Rico which likely displays how most of the island looked when the Spanish arrived centuries ago. 

What is El Yunque? 

400

These are the mid-latitudes (between Tropics) well-suited for coffee crops. 

What is the bean belt?

400

The Inca [___]; the relaxed, tourist-made [___]; the warrior [___]. 

What are the three ways Guevara describes Cuzco, Peru? 

500

This 'bread basket' nation of Mexico is a source location for many immigrants to the United States, as fewer people are needed for farm positions than in the past. 

What is New Spain? 

500

This organization, in English called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was involved in cocaine trafficking in Colombia. 

What is FARC?

500

In Puerto Rico, the northern side is the [___] side and the southern side is the [___] side. 

What is the windward side and leeward side?
500

These are three cultural divisions imposed by the Spanish. 

What are mestizos, mulattos, and zambos?

500

(1) This is how much Chile, at the time TMD was written, contributed to the world's supply of (2) this important metal. 

What is (1) 20% and (2) copper?
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