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Latin America Article Jigsaw

Immigration: A Dream Deferred
By Julia Preston September 5, 2011
1. What is the Dream Act? What do supporters of the Dream Act argue it the law should be passed?

2. The Dream Act passed in the House but failed in the ________________.
3. The failure of the Dream Act has left _______ million students who could benefit from the law waiting.
4. Why is it hard for many illegals to get a good job even though they have a college education?

5. What have some states done to crack down on illegal immigration?

6. Look at the chart on page 13, what country do most illegal immigrants come from? What U.S. state do
they end up going to the most?
7. What theme of geography does this article deal with? Explain.
Is Change Finally Coming to Cuba?
By Patricia Smith October 25, 2010
8. Cubas economy is a ________________ system, in which the government controls the economy.
9. What is Cuba planning to do to fix its economy?

10. What did Raul Castro allow Cubans to buy for the first time?

11. How will the reforms announced impact the lives of most Cubans?

12. What is life like for the average Cuban?

13. Government salaries average about $_________ a month even for doctors and teachers.
14. What theme of geography does this article deal with? Explain.
Haiti, One Year Later
By Nicholas D. Kristof January 10, 2011
15. _____________ is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
16. Since the cholera epidemic began, more than ___________ people have died. The Pan American
Health Organization estimates that ___________ Haitians may get cholera over the next year.
17. In what way is cholera a disease of poverty?
18. How was Bill OReilly right about the aid Haiti received after the earthquake?

19. How will trade (not aid) help Haitians?

20. What other ideas does the author give for helping Haiti?
21. What theme of geography does this article deal with? Explain.
Mexicos Drug Problem
By Randal C. Archibold April 4, 2011
22. Why doesnt anyone want to be a police chief in many small Mexican border towns?

23. In the last four years,____________ people have been killed, including __________ in the last year
alone.
24. The two main drugs coming out of Mexico are _________________ and ___________________. For
the most part, who buys the drugs?
25. The border between the U.S. and Mexico is _________________ miles long.
26. Every day, _______________ people cross back and forth between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso,
Texas.
27. The U.S. has given Mexico ________ billion to help Mexico defeat the drug cartels.
28. How are the economies of the U.S. and Mexico dependent on one another?

29. What theme of geography does this article deal with? Explain.
Are All Forests Created Equal
By Elizabeth Rosenthal
30. Why are there fewer fields in Panama?

31. For every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than _______ acres of new forest are growing.
32. Why is this trend good for the environment?

33. How are the new forests different from the old forests?

34. About _______ million acres of original rain forest are cut down every year.
35. What animals will be missing in new rain forests?
36. What theme of geography does this article deal with? Explain.