Courtney asked:


1. What is the main reason many people stop working on farms in Mexico?

* poor health
* not enough farm work
* new labor laws
* land is too valuable

2. A problem facing all people living in Mexico City is

* increased pollution.
* having only a few farms.
* a lack of education.
* no place to buy food.

3. During the Civil War that began in Guatemala about 1960, _________________.

* the Mayas gained political power.
* the Mayas benefitted from land reform.
* many Mayas lost all of their belongings.
* the Mayas agreed to share political power.

4. Most of the land in Guatemala belongs to

* indigenous people.
* foreign investors.
* a few rich families.
* the government.

5. The Panama Canal is the only way to sail from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without going around

* Cuba.
* North America.
* Hispaniola.
* South America.

6. Which statement best describes the Panama Canal?

* Its entire length is at sea level.
* The workers who built the canal were mostly from Panama.
* It is thousands of miles long.
* Ships pass through the Panama Canal at all hours all year long.

7. What event in 1959 changed the relationship between Cuba and the United States?

* Cuba’s sugar production dropped.
* Cuba became popular as a tourist resort.
* Fulgencio Batista came to power.
* Fidel Castro came to power.

8. Which of the following statements about modern Cuba is true?

* Most Cubans are rich.
* The majority of Cubans cannot read.
* The economy is near collapse.
* Some businesses are now privately owned and run.

9. Haiti is the only nation in the Americas formed

* when it fought the Dominican Republic for independence.
* from a successful revolt of enslaved Africans.
* when Spain granted the country independence.
* by democratic means.

10. Why is it hard for farmers to grow crops in Haiti?

* Jean-Bertrand Aristide does not support farming in Haiti.
* It is illegal to grow most crops.
* The land has been overused and the topsoil washed away.
* Most of the farmers left.

11. The ancestry of most Puerto Rican people is a combination of

* African and Spanish.
* American and French.
* Italian and Portuguese.
* Mexican and Spanish.

12. Why did the government of Brazil move the country’s capital?

* Portugal took over the old capital.
* Brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the coast of the country.
* Brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the interior parts of the country.
* There was too much pollution in the old capital.

13. Which expression best describes the climate of the selva?

* cold and dry
* cold and wet
* hot and dry
* hot and wet

14. What is unusual about the islands of Lake Titicaca?

* The islands sink and then reappear every one to two weeks.
* The islands contain some of the richest farmland in Peru.
* The islands were made by Native Americans from totora reeds.
* The islands are home to a rare species of tropical lizard.

15. Farmers in Chile raise

* a variety of fruits and vegetables.
* only coffee beans.
* only potatoes.
* grass and small shrubs.

16. Until recently, Chile’s economy depended heavily upon

* mineral exports.
* fishing.
* farming.
* manufacturing products for export.

17. What caused many Venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid–1980s?

* several years of violence
* a military takeover of the government
* poor weather for growing crops
* a drop in the price of oil

xxtara asked:


Tanya imports sweaters from Peru and sells them from her home. She collects $400,000 in revenue a year, and spends $200,000 on the sweaters and shipping costs, as well as $25,000 on accounting services and utilities. She used to make $100,000 per year working for an advertising agency. Now she works out of the basement of her house, for which she doesn’t have any other marketable use. She has no other expenses.

Assume that Tanya is interested only in making the most income she can and that she needs to choose between continuing to run this Peruvian sweater business and returning to her old job in advertising. Tanya should:
A. Continue to run the Peruvian sweater business
B. Return to working for the advertising company

andreiiux94 asked:

Hi! I’am andrea, i’m from Peru, and I want you to help me with my english homework, what I have to do is to write the reasons of the traffic in lima (the city where I live) I would like you to correct what I’ve write …

Reasons: First I want to start saying that there are many reasons of the horrible traffic here in Lima; one of the reasons is that nowadays everybody can afford a car, and many of the drivers don’t respect the signs of traffic, so the quantity of cars increases day after day; another reason is that here the public transport infrastructure is very poor, here there aren’t many buses, and here there are not any subways, so people have to buy a car, and because here there aren’t enough capacity for transport and many of the tracks are spoilt, so that causes that the tracks are full of cars, buses and other means of transport. Other reason is that many of the semaphores are spoilt and the signs of traffic are old and we can’t see what it says.
Every day the traffic increase at the rush hour that is at 6 or 7 o’clock, at that time is better that you stay at home because if you want to go anywhere you are going to be late.

Jessie asked:

13. Which expression best describes the climate of the selva?

cold and dry
cold and wet
hot and dry
hot and wet

14. What is unusual about the islands of Lake Titicaca?

The islands sink and then reappear every one to two weeks.
The islands contain some of the richest farmland in Peru.
The islands were made by Native Americans from totora reeds.
The islands are home to a rare species of tropical lizard.

15. Farmers in Chile raise

a variety of fruits and vegetables.
only coffee beans.
only potatoes.
grass and small shrubs.

16. Until recently, Chile’s economy depended heavily upon (1 point)
mineral exports.

fishing.
farming.
manufacturing products for export.

17. What caused many Venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid–1980s?

several years of violence
a military takeover of the government
poor weather for growing crops
a drop in the price of oil

Neige-noire14 asked:

I know you guys are going to say I should do this myself because it looks like homework, but its just a review, and I’ve been in the hospital for 2 weeks from a really bad allergic reaction and I’m kind of behind and I need to catch up before the end of the year and I’m having trouble, so if you could help that would be great. Also, thanks in advance to anyone who helps me. (:

1. What is the main reason many people stop working on farms in Mexico?
poor health
not enough farm work
new labor laws
land is too valuable

2. A problem facing all people living in Mexico City is
increased pollution.
having only a few farms.
a lack of education.
no place to buy food.

3. During the Civil War that began in Guatemala about 1960, _________________.
the Mayas gained political power.
the Mayas benefitted from land reform.
many Mayas lost all of their belongings.
the Mayas agreed to share political power.

4. Most of the land in Guatemala belongs to
indigenous people.
foreign investors.
a few rich families.
the government.

5. The Panama Canal is the only way to sail from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without going around
Cuba.
North America.
Hispaniola.
South America.

6. Which statement best describes the Panama Canal?
Its entire length is at sea level.
The workers who built the canal were mostly from Panama.
It is thousands of miles long.
Ships pass through the Panama Canal at all hours all year long.

7. What event in 1959 changed the relationship between Cuba and the United States?
Cuba’s sugar production dropped.
Cuba became popular as a tourist resort.
Fulgencio Batista came to power.
Fidel Castro came to power.

8. Which of the following statements about modern Cuba is true?
Most Cubans are rich.
The majority of Cubans cannot read.
The economy is near collapse.
Some businesses are now privately owned and run.

9. Haiti is the only nation in the Americas formed
when it fought the Dominican Republic for independence.
from a successful revolt of enslaved Africans.
when Spain granted the country independence.
by democratic means.

10. Why is it hard for farmers to grow crops in Haiti?
Jean-Bertrand Aristide does not support farming in Haiti.
It is illegal to grow most crops.
The land has been overused and the topsoil washed away.
Most of the farmers left.

11. The ancestry of most Puerto Rican people is a combination of
African and Spanish.
American and French.
Italian and Portuguese.
Mexican and Spanish.

12. Why did the government of Brazil move the country’s capital?
Portugal took over the old capital.
Brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the coast of the country.
Brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the interior parts of the country.
There was too much pollution in the old capital.

13. Which expression best describes the climate of the selva?
cold and dry
cold and wet
hot and dry
hot and wet

14. What is unusual about the islands of Lake Titicaca?
The islands sink and then reappear every one to two weeks.
The islands contain some of the richest farmland in Peru.
The islands were made by Native Americans from totora reeds.
The islands are home to a rare species of tropical lizard.

15. Farmers in Chile raise
a variety of fruits and vegetables.
only coffee beans.
only potatoes.
grass and small shrubs.

16. Until recently, Chile’s economy depended heavily upon
mineral exports.
fishing.
farming.
manufacturing products for export.

17. What caused many Venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid–1980s?
several years of violence
a military takeover of the government
poor weather for growing crops
a drop in the price of oil

JOJO[R.I.P MJ] asked:

Isabel Allende was born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Her parents, Tomás and Francisca Allende divorced when she was only three. After the divorce Isabel traveled with her mother to Santiago, Chile, where she was raised in her grandparents’ home. Allende graduated from a private high school at the age of sixteen. Three years later, in 1962, she married her first husband, Miguel Frías, an engineer. Allende also went to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in Santiago, where she was a secretary for several years. Later she became a journalist, editor, and advice columnist for Paula magazine. In addition she worked as a television interviewer and newscaster.

When her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende , was assassinated in 1973 as part of a military takeover of the government, Isabel Allende’s life changed greatly. At first she did not think that the new government would last, but later she realized that it was too dangerous to stay in Chile. So her husband, and their two children fled to Venezuela. Despite the fact she had established a successful career as a journalist in Chile, she had a difficult time finding similar work in Venezuela. During her life in exile Isabel was inspired to write her debut novel, The House of the Spirits , which became a best seller in Spain and West Germany. Based on Isabel’s memories of her family and the political change in her native country, the book describes the personal and political conflicts in the lives of several generations of a family in a Latin American country. These events are communicated through the memories of the novel’s three main characters: Esteban and Clara, the father and mother of the Trueba family, and Alba, their granddaughter who falls into the hands of torturers during a military takeover. The House of the Spirits earned the Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice Award nomination. The novel was adapted by the Danish writer and director Bille August and was released as a film in the United States in 1994. The House of Spirits was followed by Of Love and Shadows, which concerns the switching at birth of two infant girls. One of the babies grows up to become the focus of a journalist’s investigation, and the revelation of the woman’s assassination compels the reporter and her photographer to go into exile. The novel received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize nomination. While on a lecture tour in San Jose, California, to promote the publication of Of Love and Shadows in the United States, Allende met William Gordon, a lawyer, who was an admirer of her work . Having been divorced from her first husband for about a year, she married Gordon in 1988 and has lived with him in Marin, California, ever since.

As she became more popular, Allende decided to devote all of her time to writing and quit her job as a school administrator. Her next book, Eva Luna. The novel received positive reviews and was voted One of the Year’s Best Books by Library Journal. Allende followed up this novel with The Stories of Eva Lu. The Eva Luna stories were followed by The Infinite Plan. The Infinite Plan received less praise than Allende’s previous books. Still, as novelist Jane Smiley pointed out in her Boston Globe review, Not many authors from foreign countries have even attempted writing a novel from the point of view of a native of the new country. Allende’s next work, Paula , was a heartbreaking account of the circumstances surrounding the long illness and death of her daughter in 1991. Published in 1999 Daughter of Fortune is the story of Eliza Sommers, a girl who breaks with nineteenth-century Chilean tradition to follow her lover to California. In September 1996 Allende was honored at the Hispanic Heritage Awards for her contributions to the Hispanic American community. In 1998 she received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for excellence in the arts. Another novel, Portrait in Sepia, was published in 2001.

thats all i got i dont know how to end it

sunnyville asked:

1 . During El Niño years , what happend ?

a) trade winds strengthen
b)ocean temperatures decrease off the coast of Peru
c)ocean temperatures increase off the coast of Peru
d)the jet stream is usually unaffected

2 . A major influence on climate is

a) large bodies of water
b) large cities
c) ocean currents
d) all of the above

JOJO[R.I.P MJ] asked:

Isabel Allende was born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Her parents, Tomás and Francisca Allende divorced when she was only three. After the divorce Isabel traveled with her mother to Santiago, Chile, where she was raised in her grandparents’ home. Allende graduated from a private high school at the age of sixteen. Three years later, in 1962, she married her first husband, Miguel Frías, an engineer. Allende also went to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in Santiago, where she was a secretary for several years. Later she became a journalist, editor, and advice columnist for Paula magazine. In addition she worked as a television interviewer and newscaster.

When her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende , was assassinated in 1973 as part of a military takeover of the government, Isabel Allende’s life changed greatly. At first she did not think that the new government would last, but later she realized that it was too dangerous to stay in Chile. So her husband, and their two children fled to Venezuela. Despite the fact she had established a successful career as a journalist in Chile, she had a difficult time finding similar work in Venezuela. During her life in exile Isabel was inspired to write her debut novel, The House of the Spirits , which became a best seller in Spain and West Germany. Based on Isabel’s memories of her family and the political change in her native country, the book describes the personal and political conflicts in the lives of several generations of a family in a Latin American country. These events are communicated through the memories of the novel’s three main characters: Esteban and Clara, the father and mother of the Trueba family, and Alba, their granddaughter who falls into the hands of torturers during a military takeover. The House of the Spirits earned the Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice Award nomination. The novel was adapted by the Danish writer and director Bille August and was released as a film in the United States in 1994. The House of Spirits was followed by Of Love and Shadows, which concerns the switching at birth of two infant girls. One of the babies grows up to become the focus of a journalist’s investigation, and the revelation of the woman’s assassination compels the reporter and her photographer to go into exile. The novel received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize nomination. While on a lecture tour in San Jose, California, to promote the publication of Of Love and Shadows in the United States, Allende met William Gordon, a lawyer, who was an admirer of her work . Having been divorced from her first husband for about a year, she married Gordon in 1988 and has lived with him in Marin, California, ever since.

As she became more popular, Allende decided to devote all of her time to writing and quit her job as a school administrator. Her next book, Eva Luna. The novel received positive reviews and was voted One of the Year’s Best Books by Library Journal. Allende followed up this novel with The Stories of Eva Lu. The Eva Luna stories were followed by The Infinite Plan. The Infinite Plan received less praise than Allende’s previous books. Still, as novelist Jane Smiley pointed out in her Boston Globe review, Not many authors from foreign countries have even attempted writing a novel from the point of view of a native of the new country. Allende’s next work, Paula , was a heartbreaking account of the circumstances surrounding the long illness and death of her daughter in 1991. Published in 1999 Daughter of Fortune is the story of Eliza Sommers, a girl who breaks with nineteenth-century Chilean tradition to follow her lover to California. In September 1996 Allende was honored at the Hispanic Heritage Awards for her contributions to the Hispanic American community. In 1998 she received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for excellence in the arts. Another novel, Portrait in Sepia, was published in 2001.

thats all i got i dont know how to end it

Alex asked:

Four hundred years ago, just such a miracle drug was found to cure malaria. In 1633, a fortunate event occurred. A Spanish priest was sent as a missionary to Peru. He wanted to minister to the native Indians there and convert them to his religion. While he was teaching, however, he learned something. The village healer – the only medical practitioner the people had ever known – was making a powder from the bark of the cinchona tree. He used this powder to cure malaria. The priest brought some of this miracle powder home to Europe, where malaria was a serious disease at the time. Europeans began using the bark to cure malaria. Soon Europeans implemented overseas searches for sources of the bark tree. After many years, scientists identified the ingredient in the tree bark that cured malaria. It was quinine. By 1827. quinine was commercially produced to became the primary treatment for malaria throughout the world. By the 1960s, however, quinine’s ability to kill the malaria parasite had declined because the parasite was becoming resistant to it.

*Lexi* asked:

You are on vacation in Peru, and it is 8 A.M. You would like to call your family in San Francisco. Should you call now or wait until later? Why? and…

What if your home were in New York, would it be okay to call now? Why?

Thanks for answering!