Mexico
What fraction of Mexicans are mestizos?
2/3
Name a French-speaking nation in the Caribbean.
Haiti
Which South American country has a capital in Buenos Aires?
Argentina
The top of the rainforest is known as the rainforest's ___________.
canopy
Which disease is largely responsible for killing most of the Native population of the Americas?
Smallpox
How many years are in a presidential term in Mexico?
Six
Which Caribbean country has a command economy?
Cuba
Which South American country has an economy that is most similar to Cuba's?
Venezuela
______________ is a place's height above sea level.
Altitude
Europeans came to the Americas due to the three G's. What were the three G's?
Glory, God, Gold
Name one famous Mexican artist.
Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo
Which Central American country has no standing army?
Costa Rica
What are the Pampas and where are they?
Grassy areas, Argentina
_______ __________ takes place when coastal waters are unusually warm.
El Nino
___________________ was the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
A _____________ is a name for Mexican cowboys.
vaquero
Which Central American country is famous for the coffee it grows in its volcanic soil?
Guatemala
Brazil's government is a __________ __________ _________. The order doesn't matter, but there are three terms that specifically describe Brazil's government.
Democratic Federal Republic
Which cash crop can be grown in the Tierra Templada of the Andes Mountains?
Coffee
The Maya lived in Mexico's ____________ Peninsula.
Yucatan
Most Mexican cities are arranged with a __________ as the focus in the center.
plaza
There are seven Central American countries. Name three of them.
Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
What do Brazilians called the Amazon rainforest?
The selva
Most of Latin America lies within the ___________, the place between the ___________ of Cancer and the _________ of Capricorn.
Tropics/Tropic
Two mineral resources were of great importance to the Olmecs. Name one of them.
Jade, obsidian