Chapter 11 SQ and Chapter Review

Question 1

What 2 factors make Mesa Central the most populous part of Mexico?

Answer 1

There is enough rain to grow crops and the temperature is mild

Question 2

Name 3 empires that have dominated the Mesa Central

Answer 2

A mysterious early people, the toltecs, and the Aztecs

Question 3

What are people of mixed European and Indian ancestry called?

Answer 3

Mestizos

Question 4

List 2 ways the federal government of Mexico is different from that of the US?

Answer 4

They have a bicameral legislature, and they distribute land

Question 5

List the times American soldiers have intervened in Mexican history.

Answer 5

In the years 1835-36 and 1846-48.

Question 6

What geographic features does northern Mexico share with the US?

Answer 6

The Sonoran desert, the Rio Grande, and the Sierra Madre.

Question 7

What countries are members of NAFTA?

Answer 7

US Mexico and Canada

Question 8

Which nation was the heart of the Mayan Empire?

Answer 8

Guatemala

Question 9

How is Belize different from other CA nations?

Answer 9

It was settled be the British

Question 10

What 3 island groups form the West Indies?

Answer 10

The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the lesser antilles.

Question 11

What 2 island chains form the east boundary of the Caribbean Sea?

Answer 11

The Lesser Antilles and leeward Islands

Question 12

What are 5 altitude zones in Latin American?

Answer 12

The Tierra caliente, the Tierra templada, the Tierra fria, the paramo, and the Tierra helada.

Question 13

What is the hacienda economy like?

Answer 13

There are vast ranches. The owners are rich and the workers are poor

Question 14

Name the 2 large peninsulas of Mexico

Answer 14

The Yucatan and baja peninsula

Question 15

What religion is prominent in Latin America?

Answer 15

Roman Catholicism

Question 16

Which Middle American countries have had a Communist government?

Answer 16

Nicaragua and Cuba

Question 17

land bridge

Answer 17

A strip of land between two continents

Question 18

saguaro cacti

Answer 18

A large cacti that grows in the Sonoran desert

Question 19

altitude zone

Answer 19

A certain altitude

Question 20

Toltec

Answer 20

A mysterious early people that built the first city in middle America

Question 21

Aztecs

Answer 21

An ancient people who lived in Mexico

Question 22

hacienda

Answer 22

A vast ranch in Mexico

Question 23

peones

Answer 23

Indians

Question 24

coup

Answer 24

The sudden illegal overthrow of the government

Question 25

mestizos

Answer 25

A people made of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry

Question 26

isthmus

Answer 26

A narrow land bridge

Question 27

plantation economy

Answer 27

An economy based on large scale agricultural operations that employ and house many workers and produce one product

Question 28

mulattoes

Answer 28

People with African and European ancestry

Question 29

junta

Answer 29

Councils of military leaders

Question 30

Sandinistas

Answer 30

A communist group in Nicaragua

Question 31

Contras

Answer 31

A group that opposed the Sandinistas

Question 32

Hispaniola

Answer 32

Contains the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Question 33

voodoo

Answer 33

A mixture of west Africa spirit worship, black magic, and Roman Catholicism

Question 34

commonwealth

Answer 34

The property of a nation

Question 35

SQ 290

Answer 35

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Question 36

Chapter Review

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Question 37

Terms

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Question 38

SQ 284

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SQ 273

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SQ 278

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