145- Who is the ceremonial head of state of Jamaica?
147- What were the effects of the Chernobyl incident?
148- What form of government does Mexico have?
149- How many branches of government does Mexico have?
150- What form of government does Brazil have?
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141. How many branches of government does Australia have?
142. What natural feature is made up of 2,500 coral reefs?
143. What is the term for money earned in a business beyond the expenses?
144. What is currency? What is the currency of the U.S.?
145. What 3 questions must each type of economy answer?
136. What is a Metis?
137. What is Uluru? What is its other name?
138. What is the name of the original inhabitants of Australia?
139. What is the name of the original inhabitants of New Zealand?
140. What is the highest point in Australia? How high?
DUE Wed. March 26, 2008
131-Niagara Falls is between whichh two lakes?
132-Through which territories/provinces does the Arctic Circle Pass?
133- Name the FRENCH explorer who FIRST explored Canada in 1534.
134- Who is Canada's Head of State (name the position)? Who is Head of Governmenrt (name of position)?
135- What is Canada's equivalent of the U.S. Bill of Rights?
126. What is the highest point in North America? Where is it located?
127. Name the 5 Great Lakes.
128. Which of the Great Lakes are in both Canada and the U.S.A?
129. What is the name of the seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes?
130. What is the name of the large range of mountains found in Western Canada and the U.S.A?
121-What is Diego Rivera famous for? Where is he from?
122-Why is Octavio Paz famous? Where is he from?
123-Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, and Gabriel Garcia Mistral have all won what honor? In what subject?
124- Who were Juan and Eva Peron? Where were they from?
125-What is the O.A.S.? How many countries belong?
DUE MARCH 12, WEDNESDAY
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116- What type of music - originall from Trinidad- is typically played on steel drums?
117- Which Latin American country is ruled by a Communist dictator?
118- For what discovery is Carlos Finlay, a Cuban physician and biologist, famous?
119- Which Argentinian general and statesman liberated Chile and part of Peru from Spain?
120-What type of bean was used as money by the pre-Columbian Indians of Mexico?
DUE WEDNESDAY< FEB>27, 2008
111-Name the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere (in the Andes).
112- What is the name of South American soldier and statesman who liberated Venezuela? (page 233)
113-What is a mariachi?
114 What is a mullatto?
115- St. Domingue was the first Latin American colony to declare independence from its European rulers. What is the present day name of this island nation? (p. 203)
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