Latin America!

From Mexico: what is a "maquiladora"?

• Traditional handicraft popular with tourists

• A U.S. or foreign-owned factory

• A typical street food local vendors sell

• An indigenous person of Mexico

This Caribbean island country is the birthplace of steel-drum and calypso music.

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Colombia

• Honduras

• Mexico

The Amazon Basin, the world's largest rainforest, stretches across what part of Latin America?

• Along the west coast of South America

• It's the central part of Cuba

• The Valley of Mexico

• Through northern Brazil

Where in Latin America are the Andes, the world's longest mountain chain?

• The island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

• Along the west coast of South America

• On the coasts of Mexico

• Venezuela

The Andes region is known for its open-air markets with street vendors. These are part of the :

• Gross Domestic Product

• Informal Economy

• International Trade Market

• The National Industry

Mexico's Day of the Dead tradition is based on the ancient beliefs from the:

• Caribbean

• The Yucatan Peninsula

• The Aztecs

• The Incas

Lima, Peru has many "young towns". What is a "young town"?

• Neighborhoods within the city popular with young people

• The newest parts of the downtown area

• The outskirts of the city where people in poverty have built their own shelters.

• Parts of the city considered the best places to live for families.

Why has Buenos Aires, Argentina developed into a huge port city?

• Its location in the Andes (trade)

• The city sits right on the Amazon River (resources)

• It has a natural harbor on the Atlantic Ocean (shipping)

• The city is on the Caribbean coast (transportation)

Refer to the map. Which part of Brazil has the country's largest cities?

• 1 (The Amazon region)

• 2 (The dry Northeast)

• The Interior

• 3 ( The Southeast)

Government-sponsored rallies are a part of life in Cuba. What in Cuba does the government control?

• Farms

• The economy

• All media (newspapers, tv, radio)

• All of the above

• None of the above