Checkpoint 2.6

U.S. and Canada consider voting a _____.

• illegal act

• Civic Responsibility

• requirement by law

• an act of civil disobedience

Spanish colonization of South America helped spread ____

• voting rights

• native groups

• belief of living

• new religious traditions

______ is the capital of Haiti.

• Port-au-Prince

• Haiti

• South America

• France

When European colonists immigrated to South America, they changed the _______ and ______ patterns of the region.

• arts, language

• traditions, language

• music, language

• religion, language

Calypso music in the Caribbean region can be traced back to contributions of _______ who were brought to the regions as _____________

• Asia, enslaved people

• Russia, immigrants

• South America, enslaved people

• Africa, enslaved people

______ limit governments, and are not found in unlimited governments

• Constitutions

• Communism

• People

• Democracy

The culture in Central America was influenced by the Spanish in two ways: ______ and ______

• Buddhism, Spanish language

• Christianity, French language

• Christianity, Spanish language

• Christianity, French language

The U.S. and Canada both allow people to

• eat at McDonald's

• check on each other's property

• ask permission from the government to own property

• own private property

______________ divides Central and South America

• Isthmus of Canada

• Isthmus of Panama

• France

• South America

People in central America have modified their physical environment by

• cutting down rainforests for farmland

• building dams to prevent erosion

• building boats with trees that have been cut down

• clearing farmland