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Women in Latin America
Latin American Leaders
The Yankee Factor
Bonus Questions
100
Where is Brazil located on the map?
see map
100
Which region in Latin America boasts the most female heads of government globally?
Caribbean Latin American
100
Which Cuban communist was leader from 1959 to 2006?
Castro
100
What nation has been instrumental in developing Latin America?
The USA
100
Where is Shakira from?
Colombia
200
Where is Chile located on the map?
see map
200
What is the right to franchise?
the right to vote
200
Which two leaders were able to restore Argentina’s economy
Alfonsin and Salinas
200
What was the last "source of discord" between the US and Latin America?
The Panama Canal
200
Where was the sombrero invented?
Mexico
300
Name at least two of the seven countries the Andes Mountains run through.
Venezuela, Columbia, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
300
Who is the head of government in Costa Rica?
Laura Chinchilla
300
Which president was forced out of Haiti in 1986?
Jean Claude
300
The US invaded Panama in what year? (ball park)
December 1989
300
Name two languages spoken in Latin America besides spanish.
Portuguese, English, French, Dutch, Quechua, Mayan Languages, Guaraní, Aymara, Nahuatl, and Italian
400
What is the smallest country in Latin America?
Puerto Rico
400
What year did the Pan-American feminist movement peak? (ball park)
1945
400
Which American president overthrew the Grenada island after it was taken by leftist government?
President Reagan
400
The CIA helped out which leader in Chile, whose regime ended in 1973?
President Salvador Allende
400
Which Latin American country introduced chocolate to the world?
Mexico
500
What is the most abundant resource found in Latin America?
oil
500
Who is Bertha Lutz?
A leader in the movement for women’s rights, feminist
500
Which leader had the nickname "baby doc"?
Jean Claude
500
The US Marines overthrew a regime in which which West Indian island in 1983?
Grenada
500
Which Latin American Country produces 90% of the worlds emeralds?
Colombia