Final: Central America

Question 1

Body of water mostly surrounded by west Mexican land

Answer 1

Gulf of Cali

Question 2

Land formation in Mexican heartland

Answer 2

Plates of Mexico

Question 3

Body of water east of Nicaragua and south of the Dominican Republic

Answer 3

Caribbean

Question 4

Body of water that safely connects Atlantic and pacific

Answer 4

Panama Canal

Question 5

Large body of water west of Mexico

Answer 5

Pacific

Question 6

Series of islands

Answer 6

Archipelago

Question 7

Treaty that allows for free taximeters/export between Mexico Canada and the U.S.

Answer 7

Nafta

Question 8

Use of hit and run tactics by fighters

Answer 8

Guerrilla warfare

Question 9

Agriculture practice where one grows only enough to feed their families

Answer 9

Subsistence farming

Question 10

An area of high flat land surrounded by land of lower elevation

Answer 10

Plateau

Question 11

Person of both European and native descent

Answer 11

Mestizo

Question 12

Area of land that extends into a body of water surrounded by the water on three sides

Answer 12

Peninsula

Question 13

Agricultural estates used mainly for raising cattle or farming crops

Answer 13

Hacienda

Question 14

Area of land that separates two bodies of water and connects two larger areas of land

Answer 14

Isthmus

Question 15

Production facilitates used primarily to produce goods exported and sold in U.S.

Answer 15

Maquiladora

Question 16

Geographic feature dominates Mexican heartland

Answer 16

Plateau of Mexico

Question 17

How does the climate change between north and south?

Answer 17

North- more arid

Question 18

Where do most people in Mexico live?

Answer 18

Central plateau

Question 19

Official name of Mexico?

Answer 19

United States of Mexico

Question 20

How many conquistadores arrived with Cortez?

Answer 20

600

Question 21

How did the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Answer 21

Made alliance with other tribes

Question 22

What form of gov have the Mexican people had for most of their history ?

Answer 22

Oligarchy

Question 23

A dominant party system is a political system where…

Answer 23

One political party governs and excludes all others from debate

Question 24

How are Belize and El Salvador different from all other non-island Central American nations?

Answer 24

They are the only nations that don’t touch both the Caribbean and pacific

Question 25

Who is not involved in nafta?

Answer 25

Cuba

Question 26

Puerto Rico is:

Answer 26

Territory of the U.S.

Question 27

Which Caribbean nation is the US state department considering reopening formal relation with?

Answer 27

Cuba

Question 28

Which country is currently considered a state sponsor of terrorism?

Answer 28

Lebanon

Question 29

Large body of water east of Bahamas and Puerto Rico

Answer 29

Atlantic