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unfair treatment
What is unjust
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Many Central Americans have moved to urban areas or to the United States because
What is greater economic opportunity
100
What languages are spoken in Central America?
What is Spanish, English, and Indigenous lanaguages
100
define the term rural?
What is in the countryside
100
What religion is practice by most people in Mexico?
What Catholicism
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variety or differences
What is diversity
200
Central America's population is
What is growing rapidly
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What major religion do people in Central America practice?
What is Catholic
200
define the word urban?
What is in the city
200
What best describes the ancestry of most people of Mexico?
What is people have both Spanish and indigenous ancestors.
300
person who has moved into one country from another
What is immigrant
300
How does religion affect the lives of Central Americans?
What is Religion is important to the people of Central America.
300
What role does the Roman Catholic Church play in Central America?
What is the Roman Catholic Church fights injustice among the people.
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what does the word emigrate mean?
What is move out of one country to another
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Why have thousands of young people in Mexico and Central America been moving from the countryside to cities?
What is because the growth in population has led to a job shortage in rural areas.
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country whose people are mostly mestizo
What is Honduras
400
What best describes the cultural heritage of Central Americans?
What is Central Americans have a diverse cultural heritage
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What are lives of the poor like in Central American cities?
What is hard ( because their is a shortage of housing and jobs.)
400
Define the Mexican term campesinas?
What is poor farmer
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How do wealthy people live in the cities of Mexico?
What is similar to wealthy North Americans
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For which group is life hardest in Central America?
What is campesinos
500
What two regions are linked by the isthmus of Central America?
What is Mexico and South America
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Many people in Mexico immigrate to the United States to find _______ ?
What is a job
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Identify what the term maquiladora means?
What is a factory on the Mexican side of the U.S. Mexico border that is owned by an American company.
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Today, most people of Mayan descent live in
What is Central America and Mexico