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Irregular,poor settlements that surround Mexico City and are defined by the "self-help construction" are called:

A) Barrios
B) REDD
C) cartels
D) inner suburbs
E) Braceros

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Question 32

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All of these countries are located in Central America except:

A) Paraguay
B) Guatemala
C) Panama
D) Nicaragua
E) Costa Rica

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What is the Bolsa Familia?

Manaus is a port on what water body?

In 1804,former slaves declared independence from what colonial country to form Haiti?

What is an altiplano?

Which large estates in the Spanish colonial era grew crops to supply local industries?

Which of the following is true about authoritarian governments in the 1960s-1970s?

What is the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon?

The ________ have been called Latin America's "lost decade" because of the slowdown in growth and deterioration in living standards that occurred during that decade.

What trade agreement increased the growth of maquiladoras?

The 2010 earthquake in ________ killed more than 300,000 people,displaced 1 million residents and destroyed buildings and infrastructure in its capital city of Port au Prince.

What is the air flow called from the tropics to the Equator that affects climate patterns in Latin America?

Where is Lake Maracaibo located?

When did fair trade concerns begin to influence the coffee economy?

What is the Qori Kalis?

Which of the following is true about young Bolivian migrants?

What country's main source of foreign exchange is ecotourism? Over 2.4 million tourists visited in 2013 alone.

Which Latin American country is the eighth-largest economy in the world?

The Amazon basin makes up about 2/3 of this country.