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100
cars and factories
What are the sources of Mexico's air pollution problem?
100
autocracy
What is a type of government ruled by a single leader?
100
The capital of the Incan empire
What was Cuzco?
100
he fought for independence of Mexico from Spain
Who was Muguel Hidalgo?
100
A person of mixed ethnicity of European and Indian.
What is mestizo?
200
logging in the rain forest
What is the greatest threat to the Amazon rainforest?
200
democracy
What is a form of government where citizens vote for its leaders?
200
In the 1500's the Incan civilization was conquered by Spanish soldiers led by this man
Who was Francisco Pizzaro?
200
He fought for independence of Haiti from France.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
200
A person of mixed ethnicity of European and African.
What is a mulatto?
300
cattle ranching
What is a leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest?
300
They are both in charge of the military and day-to-day operations of the country.
How is the president of a presidential democracy like a prime minister in a parliamentary democracy?
300
The ruler of the Aztecs when the Spaniards arrived
Who was Montezuma?
300
This impacted Latin America by further blending ethnic groups there?
What was the African Slave Trade?
300
A group who supported the indigenous people of Mexico?
What is the Zapatistas?
400
geography plays a major role in Mexico City's air pollution problem
What is it lies in a bowl-shaped valley that traps pollutants?
400
the type of democracy does Brazil have
What is presidential democracy?
400
These events occurred as a result of the European exploration of the Americans during the 1400s and 1500s
What was the destruction of the Aztec and Inca empires?
400
He is called the Great Liberator of South America and became the dictator of Gran Colombia.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
400
This man took over Cuba in 1959 and set up the first communist government in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is Fidel Castro?
500
The coast along the Caribbean Sea has been polluted with oil.
What is a problem that has been caused by oil production in Venezuela?
500
Requires citizens age 18-70 to vote
What is the government of Brazil?
500
The introduction of new crops to Europe and the Americas
What was the Colombian Exchange?
500
A former lave who fought for the freedom of other slaves.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
500
As Zapatistas we could not support this trade agreement made between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
What is Nafta?