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This country is the furthest north in Latin America.
What is Mexico?
100
The Yucatan Peninsula is found in this country.
What is Mexico?
100
Who conquered the most of Latin America
the Spanish
100
I. Colonization II. Conquest III. Immigration Which is the correct sequence for factors that developed South America?
II,I,III
100
What is the definition of Deforestation?
clearing the forest to use for another purpose
200
This region connects Mexico and South America.
What is Central America?
200
Part of central America that is a narrow piece of land that connects two smaller parts
Isthmus of panama
200
What is the most spoken language of Latin America?
Spanish
200
Which cultural trait distinguishes Brazil from most other nations in South America?
Portuguese language
200
What is the definition of the Columbian exchange?
an interchange of plants, animals, disease, and culture between the western and eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus
300
This region is a series of Islands.
What is the Caribbean?
300
The Amazon river basin is mostly found in this country
Brazil
300
What is the most popular religion of Latin America?
Catholic
300
This river creates a border for Texas and Mexico
Rio grande
300
The Yucatan peninsula is located in this country
Mexico
400
This region is the furthest south in Latin America.
What is South America?
400
List some ways people have modified the environment in Latin America
Deforestation or building the panama canal
400
Who colonized Brazil?
Portuguese
400
what is the longest river in Latin America?
Amazon
400
Which factor contributed to countries along the Atlantic Ocean expanding trade with countries along the Pacific Ocean during the twentieth century?
Opening of the Panama Canal
500
The four regions of Latin America.
What is Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America?
500
What geographic feature helps Peru and Chili to protect their eastern boundary?
Andes mountains
500
Which Caribbean nation is an example of rule by one?
Cuba
500
Who was the first person to discover Latin America?
Christopher Columbus
500
Cuba is the only country in the Western Hemisphere based on this this kind of government system.
What is communism?