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Twenty Questions. Subject:. Twenty Questions. 1. One effect of land subsidence is the creation of?. ?. 2. Why does the geography of Mexico City create a air pollution problem?. In a valley, which often traps carbon emissions.
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2. Why does the geography of Mexico City create a air pollution problem? In a valley, which often traps carbon emissions.
3.A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling the migration of plants and aniimals? • Land bridge
4.Where does most of the food grown in Mexico come from? • Central Plateau
5. What early civilization in Mexico engaged in long-distance trade and built huge stone cities by the time the Spanish arrived? • The Maya
6. The early Mexican civilization whose capital was on the site of present-day Mexico City? • Aztec
7. The Local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group? • dialect
8. Panama is a ___between North America and South America? • Isthmus
9. The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles are part of a___in the Caribbean Sea? • archipelago
10. What vertical climate zone is characterized by frosts in winter and is where potatoes are barley are grown? • Tierra fria
11. Haitian Creole is an example of patois because? • It is a dialect that blends words from different languages
12. Enacting laws that require the reforestation of cleared lands is one way that Central American countries can promote? • Sustainable development
13. The planting of young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed? • reforestation
14. A slum on the edge of a city which lacks running water and sanitation systems. • shantytown
15. The variety of different species of plants and animals in an environment? • biodiversity
16. Grains, soybeans, and ___ are major crops exported from South America? • coffee
17. Many of the migrants to Sao Paulo, Brazil end up living in ___ on the outskirts of the city with no sanitation services? • favelas
18. What country enacted a law in 2004 that prohibited deforestation in its eastern region? • Paraguay
19. Which two countries in South America have large Asian populations • Suriname and Guyana
20. What is the multiplier effect? • The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.
