Central America & the Caribbean
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- Q 1/20Score 0What did Europeans use African slaves to do?29work at the plantations (large farms)study volcanoesmake clothesmake guns
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- Q1What did Europeans use African slaves to do?work at the plantations (large farms)study volcanoesmake clothesmake guns30sEditDelete
- Q2The Panama Canal is a quicker route between ____________ and _______________.Arctic Ocean and Atlantic OceanCaribbean Sea and Gulf of MexicoPacific Ocean and Atlantic OceanIndian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean30sEditDelete
- Q3Think about the Caribbean reading: How do people in Central America & the Caribbean make money?oil industryinventing new technologymanufacturingtourism and cash crops30sEditDelete
- Q4Who is this former leader of Cuba that installed a communist government?Fidel CastroChe GuevaraRaul CastroPresident Batista30sEditDelete
- Q5A major reason Haiti is underdeveloped is because many people practiceTertiary Industrycatching PokemonSharing resourcesSubsistence Agriculture30sEditDelete
- Q6Communism has an absolute leader, control over businesses & farms, & has no freedom of speech.Limited GovernmentUnlimited Government30sEditDelete
- Q7The route that the Europeans used to get to the Americas and bring back goodsColombian ExchangeTriangular TradePanama CanalEmbargo30sEditDelete
- Q8When people only grow enough food to feed their family; they are poor or there aren't storessubsistence farmerspovertycash cropscommunism30sEditDelete
- Q9When culture--like language, religion, animals, or food--start in 1 place but end up in anothermulticulturalColombian Exchangecultural diffusioncash crops30sEditDelete
- Q10When countries grow a few crops in abundance and sell them to the rest of the worldsubsistence farmercultural diffusiontriangular tradecash crops30sEditDelete
- Q11Under a communist government, all of the following are true EXCEPT--Government controls the economyCitizens have freedom of speech and can own their own busniessesCollective Ownership (no private property)Command Economy30sEditDelete
- Q12War, low life expectancy, a low GDP per Capita, poor education are all examples of why people leave their home country and move some place else. These are considered--Pull FactorsPush Factors30sEditDelete
- Q13High GDP per Capita, High Employment, High Literacy Rates, High Life Expectancy are all GOOD things! There are considered--Pull FactorsPush Factors30sEditDelete
- Q14Why would you want to change governments or have a revolution?to get rid of dictators30sEditDelete
- Q15Mexico is a developing country because--most of its money comes from manufacturing/factoriesmost of its money comes from technologymost of its money comes from farming30sEditDelete
- Q16If a country invest in healthcare--they have a high GDP per capitathey have a high infant mortality ratethey have a low life expectancythey have a high life expectancy and low infant mortality rate30sEditDelete
- Q17Panama was the best place to build a canal because--It's in the middle of North and South AmericaThey didn't mind the constructionit is an isthmus (thin strip of land)30sEditDelete
- Q18A result of Spanish colonization in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean is--the spread of Islam and the Spanish languagethe spread of Buddhism and the English languagethe spread of Christianity and the Spanish languagethe spread of Christianity and the French language30sEditDelete
- Q19Why are many people PULLED to the United States?for religionfor jobs that pay more moneyfor a higher life expectancyto have an adventure30sEditDelete
- Q20Which is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere?MexicoPanamaHaitiCuba30sEditDelete
