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Mexico has a very similar government to the United States. True or False?
True
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Central America connects North America to Mexico True or False?
False
100
Central America and the Caribbean Islands face an average of 18 hurricanes a year. True or False
False
100
Where did the early Maya Settle?
Guatemala
100
Over 50,000 people have died due to Mexico's Drug War since it started in 2006. True or False
True
200
What is causing some of Mexico's land to turn into desert?
Overgrazing and Irrigation
200
What country has the most stable democracy? (Costa Rica, Cuba, Argentina, Haiti)
Costa Rica
200
What are some of the effects of a hurricane?
people injured, towns destroyed, tourism suffers, death, loss of farmland
200
What is the technique called when farmers cut down trees or burn them down in order to make room for farmland?
slash and burn agriculture
200
What is the ethnic background of most people in the Caribbean?
African descent
300
What are some geographic features/factors that limit farming in Mexico?
dry climate, bad soil, mountains
300
What is the only country in the Caribbean with a dictator?
Cuba
300
What Mexican Peninsula lies west of the gulf of California?
Baja California
300
In 250 A.D. the Maya civilization was ________________________________________
at its height
300
How do immigrants contribute to the economies of their homeland?
Send money home
400
Why are forest being cleared in Mexico?
for valuable wood, and more farmland.
400
The spread of people from one place to another is called?
Diaspora
400
The clearing of a large number of trees is called?
deforestation
400
in what years did the Caribbean colonies finally gain their independence? (1800's, 1790's, 1970's 1990's)
1990's
400
What is the business of providing food, places to stay, and other services called?
Tourism?
500
Why is air pollution a major problem in Mexico?
Millions of car burn fossil fuels and because it is located in the valley.
500
What factors affect the climate of central america?
equator and bodies of water
500
What year did Christopher Columbus land in the Bahammas?
1492
500
What religion are 90% of the people in Mexico and Central America?
Roman Catholic