Americas+research+challenge

1. What percentage of SaCai presidents have been in power for more than five years?
 * // Ten questions: (to be solved in PAIRS)-- //** one answer post per pair

2. Which current SaCai president has been in power the longest?

3. Which SaCai military is the strongest? Second strongest? Explain....

4. In the 1980's Nicaragua's very lucrative coffee industry was destroyed, as well as several other export-oriented cash crops. How and why did this happen? What was the goal of this destruction? Was this goal met?

5. Does Costa Rica have a military? Explain your answer.

6. What is this picture (right--explain and give details) :

7. If you are planning a vacation, what is a very important safety difference between Tobago and Grand Cayman Island? Explain the reason for this safety difference.

8. Find the important connection between el Ché and Eva Perón.

9. Explain the specific details concerning these lines: //When the trumpet sounded// //everything was prepared on earth,// //and Jehovah gave the world// //to Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda,// //Ford Motors, and other corporations.// //The United Fruit Company// //reserved for itself the most juicy// //piece, the central coast of my world,// //the delicate waist of America.//

//10. Explain the major differences between the vicuña, alpaca, guanaco, and llama. Make these differences clear and easy to remember.//