Sparks Latin America Study Guide – Flashcards
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What are the main sources of pollution in Mexico City?
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Cars and Factories
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One major problem with deforestation is...
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there is less forest to produce goods and meet human needs.
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______ % of the world's oxygen comes from the Amazon rainforest.
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20%
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What has caused the coast of Venezuela to be polluted?
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Oil
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The most mined resources in Mexico is _______.
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silver
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Mexico does about ______ of its trade with the USA.
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75% (3/4)
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Venezuela's large ______ helps it trade with other countries.
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coastline
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Most Mexicans and Brazilians live in _______ areas because the jobs in the factories/business.
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urban
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Brazil has ______ seaports that help with trade to other countries.
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7
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What is Cuba's major export?
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sugar
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The three main cultural groups of Latin America are Native Americans, Europeans, and _______.
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Africans
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Spanish and ______ are the two primary languages of Latin America.
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Portugese
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What is the government of Brazil and Mexico?
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Presidential Democracy
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What is the government of Cuba?
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Communist
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Of all the Latin American countries, citizens of _____ has the least amount of freedom.
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Cuba
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Tenochtitlan was the capital city of what empire?
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Aztec
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The Aztecs had advanced knowledge of the world due to their irrigation systems, ________ , and mathematics.
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calendars
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_________ was a Spanish explorer that took over the Aztec Empire.
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Hernan Cortés
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_________ was the Aztec emperor when Cortes arrived in Mexico.
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Montezuma
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The Andes Mountains were home to the ______ civilization.
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Inca
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_____________ was the explorer that took over the Incan empire.
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Francisco Pizarro
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What animal did the Europeans introduce to Native Americans that made travel and trade easier?
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Horse
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The ________________ was the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old to New world.
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Colombian Exchange
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Why do many Latin Americans have African ancestors?
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Slavery
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Toussaint L'Ouverture led the independence movement in ________.
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Haiti
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Who led the independence movements in Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia?
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Simon Bolivar
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Who led the independence movement in Mexico?
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Miguel Hidalgo
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Fidel _______ took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959.
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Castro
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The __________ helped build Cuba into a communist country.
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Soviet Union
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The Zapatistas do not like ________because the worry it will cause farmers to go out of business.
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NAFTA
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The Zapatistas support the ______ people of Mexico.
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Native
