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MEXICO
MORE MEXICO
CENTRAL AMERICA
EVERYTHING ELSE
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A NARROW STRIP OF LAND WITH WATER ON BOTH SIDES
What is AN ISTHMUS
100
LARGE SPANISH OWNED ESTATES
What ARE HACIENDAS
100
HE CONQUERED THE AZTECS
WHO IS HERNAN CORTEZ
100
THEY RUN THE LENGTH OF CENTRAL AMERIca
What are MOUNTAINS
100
COLLAPSE OF EARTH SURFACE CAUSED BY EROSION
What is A SINKHOLE
200
ARTIFICIAL WATERING OF FARMLAND
What is IRRIGATION
200
MOST POWERFUL EMPIRE IN OLD MEXICO
What ARE THE AZTECS
200
THIS HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO THE MEXICAN ECONOMY
What is NAFTA
200
THE LARGEST COUNTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICA BY POPULATION
What is GUATEMALA
200
THE NUMBER OF HACIENDAS
What IS 8000
300
AN AREA OF HIGH FLAT LAND
What is A PLATEAU
300
THREE FOURTHS OF THE MEXICAN POPULATION LIVE HERE
What ARE CITIES
300
FACTORIES ALONG THE BORDER
What ARE MAQUILADORA
300
THEY OWN THE BUSINESSES IN CENTRAL AMERICA
What IS THE MIDDLE CLASS
300
THIS STORM ALMOST DESTROYED CENTRAL AMERICA
What IS HURRICANE MITCH
400
FARMLAND OWNED BY MEMBERS OF A RURAL COMMUNITY
What is EJIDO
400
THESE ARE THE SOCIAL CLASS OF PERSONS BORN IN SPAIN
What ARE PENINSULARES
400
VAST DEPOSITS OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ARE LOCATED HERE
What is THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN
400
LANDOWNERS HIRED THEM TO KILL POLITICAL OPPONENTS
What ARE DEATH SQUADS
400
THESE ARE SPANISH BUT THEY WERE BORN IN MEXICO
What ARE CRILLOS
500
ARMED FORCES THAT FIGHT FROM AMBUSH IN SMALL GROUPS
What is A GUERILLA
500
HE LED THE CRILLOS IN A REVOLT
WHO IS HIDALGO
500
THE OIL COMPANY OF MEXICO
What is PEMEX
500
THIS FAMILY RAN NICARAGUA
WHO ARE THE SOMOZAS
500
IT IS CALLED THE SMOKELESS INDUSTRY
What is TOURISM