HISTORY AND MIGRATION
The movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration?
This enormous rainforest covers much of northern Brazil.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
In this system, individuals and businesses make most economic decisions.
What is free enterprise?
A government whose power is restricted by laws and a constitution.
What is a limited government?
DAILY DOUBLE : 200 POINTS~ This Mexican president supported NAFTA because he believed free trade would create jobs, increase wages, and strengthen Mexico’s economy.
Who was President Carlos Salinas de Gortari?
This European country colonized Mexico and most of Central and South America.
What is Spain?
This river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
DAILY DOUBLE 400 POINTS~ Farming, fishing, forestry, and mining belong to this economic sector
What are primary economic activities?
Citizens perform this civic responsibility when they select their representatives.
What is voting?
The spread of ideas, foods, religions, and traditions between cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
These two European countries had the greatest colonial influence on Canada.
What are France and Great Britain?
Many large cities developed near coasts, rivers, and lakes because these features support these two activities.
What are trade and transportation?
This trade agreement originally connected the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA OR USMCA?
This term describes government by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
Family, government, education, religion, and the economy are examples of these.
What are social institutions?
Brazil gained its independence from this European country in 1822.
What is Portugal?
Logging, farming, mining, and cattle ranching contribute to this environmental problem in the Amazon.
What is deforestation?
This measurement represents the total value of goods and services produced by a country.
What is GDP?
In Canada, this official serves as the head of government.
Who is the prime minister?
This Cuban leader supported socialism and argued that the government should provide work, food, and basic needs for every citizen.
Who was Fidel Castro?
Spanish, Portuguese, and Christianity spread throughout Latin America because of this historical process.
What is European colonization?
Cold temperatures and frozen ground explain why this part of Canada has a small population.
What is northern Canada?
The United States generally emphasizes free enterprise, while Cuba has traditionally followed this system.
What is a socialist or command economy?
In this type of government, one ruler or group has nearly complete control and may be above the law.
What is an unlimited government?
Latin American culture developed from the blending of these three major cultural influences.
What are Indigenous, European, and African cultures?