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Cuba
Drug Trade
Rich&Poor
Rainforest
Grab Bag
100
Cuba has this type of government.
What is communist.
100
The organization and distribution of drugs.
What is cartel.
100
The unequal distribution of wealth in Latin America.
What is spatial inequality.
100
The cutting down of forests.
What is deforestation.
100
Percentage of earth covered by rainforest.
What is 3%.
200
Brothers who lead Cuba.
What is Raul and Fidel Castro.
200
The country which was the original source of illegal drugs.
What is Columbia.
200
Identify the major pull factor that contribute people moving to the U.S.
What is better paying jobs.
200
Leaving the forest in place and using its resources without harming it.
What is sustainable development.
200
Border factories with low paying jobs.
What is maquiladoras.
300
When one person has all the power in the government.
What is dictatorship.
300
These 2 continents fuel the demand of illegal drugs.
What is America and Europe.
300
Describe how the rich live in Latin America.
What is big houses, more education, fewer chores.
300
The indigenous people of the rainforest who want to protect it because it is their home.
What is Native Amazonians.
300
The city known for high air pollution.
What is Mexico City.
400
Identify 2 hardships Cubans face in daily life.
What is lack of freedoms and access to new technology.
400
This creates unstable governments in Latin America.
What is corruption.
400
Describe how the poor live in Latin America.
What is small homes (slums/tenements), less education, earlier ages go to work.
400
"What we do to earn a living doesn't hurt the rainforest. Because of that, we should have land of our own in the rainforest."
What is rubber tappers.
400
3 crops grown in Latin America.
What is coffee, bananas, and sugar cane.
500
Contrast communism to capitalism.
What is the communism= government controls has more control of money. Capitalism=people have more control of money.
500
How drugs are smuggled across the border.
What through building underground tunnels.
500
Define illegal immigration.
What is people entering the USA without the government's permission.
500
How people exploit/use the resources of the rainforest.
What is to earn money/provide food for their families.
500
Infant mortality rate
What is the number of infants that die in their first year of life.