These two countries make up the island of Hispanola.
What are Dominican Republic and Haiti?
200
The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are separated by this peninsula.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
200
Lack of government regulation and the black-market system in Venezuela has contributed to this type of pollution problem.
What is oil pollution/oil spills?
200
A narrow strip of land that joins two larger land masses.
What is an isthmus?
200
The year that NAFTA was approved.
What is 1993?
300
The largest country is South America.
What is Brazil?
300
The man-made waterway, located in Central America, provides a shorter route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
300
The term which means the removal of woodlands/forests of a region, without replanting those resources.
What is deforestation?
300
This country was the first one to try to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. They failed miserably.
What is France?
300
The groups that were opposed to NAFTA because they feared that U.S. companies would take advantage of weak labor laws in Mexico and move jobs south of the border.
What are labor unions?
400
The southernmost country of Central America that shares a border with Colombia in South America.
What is Panama?
400
This mountain range is located along South America's west coast.
What is the Andes Mountains?
400
People in Brazil have been moved from their native homes in this forest region into urban areas.
What is Amazon Rainforest?
400
He was president of the United States at the time the U.S. began construction on the Canal.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
NAFTA removed these three barriers to trade between the participating countries.
What are tariffs on shipped goods, limitations on investments, and barriers at border crossings?
500
The island country is located to the south of Florida.
What is Cuba?
500
The plain region in South America named because of its high elevation.
What is Altiplano?
500
This illegal practice has led to not only environmental problems but also human rights abuses in Latin America.
What is illegal mining?
500
The number of years it took to complete the construction of the Panama Canal.
What is 10 years?
500
Besides labor and tax laws, many groups were concerned about these differences in legislation between the participating countries, creating concerns about population health and quality of life.