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The main purpose of DR-CAFTA is to encourage
Free Trade
100
The Maya were organized into
City States
100
Loss of wildlife habitats is an effect of
Deforestation
100
Causes hurricanes to form in Central America and the Caribbean
Extreme heat
100
Example of a variety of living things in a coral reef
Biodiversity
200
Another term for "isthmus"
Land bridge
200
What effect does altitude have on Mexico's climate
An altitude increases, the temperature becomes cooler
200
Aztecs built aqueducts because..
To carry water to their capital
200
Tourism is most essential to the economies of which 2 islands
The Bahamas and Jamaica
200
A celebration of Mexican culture
Race Day
300
This increases a family's income
Remittances
300
A blend of different religious tradition
Carnival
300
This problem was largely responsible for the Mexican Revolution
Widespread Poverty
300
Mexico City suffers from what because of large population and location
Air pollution
300
This region is most likely to have sinkholes
Yucatan Peninsula
400
Political party in power for much of the 1900s in Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
400
The result of free-market ideas in Mexico
Greater economic growth
400
A combination of Catholic and West African beliefs
Santeria
400
Natural disaster that most likely occurs in late spring and early fall
Hurricanes
400
How did Maya use astronomy
To develop accurate calendars
500
How does irrigation negatively affect climate?
Salt build up reduces soil fertility
500
Microcredit and ecotourism have helped strengthen what
The economies in the Caribbean region
500
Marked the beginnings of agriculture in the Americas
Native people began growing Maize
500
Main purpose of the encomienda system
To define the status of Native Americans
500
Why'd American investors gain economic influence in the Caribbean
After independence, the region's economies depended on money from foreign investors