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Geography, Demographics, and Inequality
Colonialism and Cuba
The Amazon Rainforest
Drug Trafficking
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The Amazon River dumps into this major body of water.
Atlantic Ocean
100
This country colonized Cuba.
Spain
100
The variety of plant and animal species in a region is known as what?
Biodiversity
100
This country is the largest consumer of cocaine in the world.
United States
100
This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie".
Hard Knock Life
200
This is the largest (but not the longest) river in the world.
Amazon River
200
This is the name of the extended conflict between capitalism and communism that lasted from the end of World War I to the fall of the Soviet Union.
Cold War
200
Name two groups that are partly responsible for deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.
Loggers, Miners, Farmers, Cattle Ranchers, Settlers
200
This is the word used to describe a person who is employed, but for fewer hours than desired.
Underemployed
200
On the MTV show "The Gauntlet," you get these two shows for the price of one.
The Real World and Road Rules
300
This is the largest mountain range in Latin America.
Andes Mountains
300
The United States helped Cuba win its independence in this 1898 war.
Spanish-American War
300
Name one group (covered in class) whose use of the Amazon Rainforest does not create significant long-term damage.
Rubber tappers, native Amazonians, environmentalists
300
Which of these is NOT an effect of drug trafficking - homicides, kidnappings, corruption, increased investment in business?
Increased investment in business
300
The logo of this ginger ale brand once featured the outline of North America.
Canada Dry
400
This South American country has a homicide rate that is between 2 and 3 times the world average.
Brazil
400
This 13-day conflict between the U.S. and Cuba led to the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba and U.S. missiles in Turkey.
Cuban Missile Crisis
400
Name one social effect (covered in class) of deforestation.
Loss of culture, displacement of people
400
Name the three causes (covered in class) of drug trafficking.
Poor educational opportunities, unemployment, poverty
400
Created in 2003, this site where 27 million people have home pages passed Google in hits in 2005.
MySpace
500
Name the three regions that make up Latin America.
Caribbean, Central America, South America
500
This is the 10 year period in Cuban history, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was marked by widespread poverty and unemployment.
Special Period
500
Name two environmental effects of deforestation.
Reduced biodiversity, greenhouse effect, soil erosion, lower water table, flooding
500
Name the four solutions (covered in class) to the problem of drug trafficking.
Interdiction, Eradication, Education, Legalization
500
It's the only 1-word U.S. state that contains the entire name, in order, of another state.
Arkansas