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38 Cards in this Set
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Mexico forms part of a land bridge that connects North America and....
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South America
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A fierce tropical storm with high winds and heavy rains is called a.....
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Hurricane
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The Maya built the steps in the temple of Kukulcan to correspond to the.....
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number of days in a year
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Large farms that raise a single crop for money are known as....
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plantations
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the altitude zone found at the top of Mexico's mountains is the....
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tierra fria
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the holiday that marks Mexico's defeat of an invading French army is.....
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Cinco de Mayo
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Many Mexican homes are made of sun-dried bricks called.....
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adobe
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Mexico City faces serious air pollution from a mixture of fog and chemicals called....
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smog
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The Maya developed a form of writing with signs and symbols called.....
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hieroglyphics
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Tenochtitlan, the site of present-day Mexico City, was built by the.....
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Aztec
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Mexico was a colony of what European country?
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Spain
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Which valuable Mexican territory was lost to the US?
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Texas
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What is the religion of most Mexicans today?
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Roman Catholicism
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The altitude zone in Mexico's coastal lowlands is the......
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tierra caliente
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The president of Mexico elected in 2000 is.....
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Vicente Fox
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Because the Olmec had no metals, they carved with.....
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obsidian
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a spanish army led by Hernan Cortes defeated the....
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Aztec
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Baja California is....
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a peninsula
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the Central American country with the largest population is....
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Guatemala
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the Panama Canal is located in which central american country?
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Panama
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the steel drum was developed in.....
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Trinidad
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the first nation in the history of the world to be founded by former slaves was....
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Haiti
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Cuba is one of the world's leading producers of....
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sugar
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the islands of the West Indies are really....
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the tops of mountains
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Haiti won independence from...
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France
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the soil of the Central Highlands is very fertile because of....
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volcanic material
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crops grown to sell rather than be eaten by the growers are called......
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commercial crops
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which Central American country was part of Colombia for decades?
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Panama
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Central America's climate is mainly...
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tropical
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in Haiti in the 1980's, the "peasants' savings bank" was....
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the Creole pig
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A musical instrument developed in Trinidad is the...
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steel drum
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the Central American country with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America is....
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Costa Rica
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in Haiti the ancestry of about 95% of the population is....
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african
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the Native American people who built a 212-foot temple in Tikal were the....
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Maya
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what country was colonized by Spain; grows flowers for export and has had rebel movements?
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Guatemala
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the island in the West Indies that is only 90 miles from Florida is...
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Cuba
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temperatures in the West Indies often remain pleasant because of the...
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winds blowing from the sea
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the dictator of communist Cuba is.....
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Fidel Castro
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