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100
The pace where a tide meets a river current.
What is an estuary.
100
People decended from first inhabitants are called:
What is indigenous peoples?
100
An industry that provides service, not goods, is called....?
What is a service industry?
100
This nation has many maquiladores, factories owned by foreign corporations, in cities such as Tijuana and Ciudad de Juarez.
What is Mexico.
100
This country is hosting the World Cup this year!
What is Brazil.
200
Mountain ranges in Mexico
What is the Sierra Madre.
200
Which civilization did Hernan Cortes conquer in 1521?
What is the Aztec in Mexico.
200
Destruction of forest lands is called....?
What is Deforestation?
200
This country has a canal in it that saves ships up to 8,000 miles.
What is Panama.
200
This country is very long and skinny and has the Andes Mountains running through it.
What is Chile?
300
What are the three regions of Latin America?
What is the Caribbean, Central America and South America
300
When did the first African American's come to Latin America?
What is in the 1500s (by force)
300
An ancient technique used to clear land is called:
What is slash-and-burn.
300
This Caribbean nation is one of the few communist countries left in the world.
What is Cuba.
300
This country, once inhabited by the Incan civilization, also lays claim to the highest navigable lake in the world.
What is Peru?
400
Location of the Earth's largest rain forest
What is the Amazon Basin
400
A form of a language unique to a particular group is called a:
What is a dialect?
400
Many rural migrants in Latin America are forced to live in _____________ when they reach the city.
What is shantytowns?
400
This country lies in the Yukatan Peninsula and boarders Mexico in the South.
What is Belize.
400
The second longest river in the world, this river starts in the Andes Mountains and ends up in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon River.
500
What are Cowhands who work in Argentina called?
What is gauchos.
500
What is the best known festival in all of Latin America?
What is Carnival?
500
This organization reduced trade restrictions among Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
What is the North American Free Trade Organization (NAFTA).
500
This country borders Honduras to the North and Costa Rica to the south is trying to build a canal to compete with the Panama Canal.
What is Nicaragua.
500
The longest mountain range in the world, running 4,300 miles, is called the:
What is the Andes Mountains?