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Based on low per capita GDP (PPP) and low HDI ranking, it is reasonable to expect that Haiti would have the highest population growth rate in Latin America.  What factor makes this expectation about Haiti's population growth rate wrong?

A) high HIV/AIDS infection rates
B) high birth rates
C) low death rates
D) black market economy isn't reflected in per capita GDP (PPP)
E) Communist family planning policies

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Which Venezuelan leader exerted strict control over the country by rewriting the constitution, imprisoning political enemies, and cracking down on media? ​

A) Nicolas Maduro
B) Hugo Chavez
C) Cesar Chavez
D) Simon Bolivar
E) Evo Morales

F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Latin American Countries

Which president initiated the war on drugs? ​

The diseases, famine, and enslavement that came with Spanish and Portuguese colonization brought what was probably one of humankind's largest population declines ever. ​

The first true urban center of the Western Hemisphere was Teotihuacan, a city laid out on a grid aligned with the stars.

Earned savings, called __________, are sent home by people working abroad and are among the largest sources of income for Latin American economies. ​

Which Latin American country is one of the BRIC economies?

Brazil is the largest nation in the world where Spanish is the main language.

With the demise of Native American civilizations, indigenous languages have completely died out in Latin America.

Remittances are the savings earned by people working abroad and sent back to their families.

Which agricultural practice makes it impossible for tropical rainforest to regrow in disturbed areas? ​

Until 2000, the Washington Consensus was the political-economic philosophy of the United States towards Latin America. What was the Washington Consensus and why did Latin American countries pushback against it? ​

El Ni ñ o events occur when winds over the Pacific Ocean change direction and cause upwelling of cool, nutrient rich water along the Pacific coastline. ​

Which policy declared the United States had the right to supervise the internal affairs of Latin American countries in order to protect its national security? ​

The Native Americans who occupied Latin America long before the Europeans arrived were the descendants of people who had migrated from Asia. ​

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The Native American __________ group left their mark on the land with a series of lines and markings carved into the sandy surface that date back 2,000 years ago. ​

Many of the dry, arid climates of South America result from __________ __________, where mountains block the formation of precipitation in certain areas. ​

Neo-liberalism involved opening Latin American economies to foreign investment and competition.