How did the settlement patterns of the earliest Spanish residents of MexAmerica differ from the settlement patterns of Hispanics in the region today?

What will be an ideal response?


Early Spanish settlements were focused around river valleys where there were favorable conditions for farming. Today, Hispanics live all over the region with the highest population densities closer to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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A. The treaty was written to protect the rights of poachers. B. No member countries have signed the treaty. C. Member countries have the ability to exempt themselves from protecting any listed species. D. Member countries have the ability to enforce their own laws world-wide E. The mandated fines are unreasonably heavy.

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What African leader envisioned the political unity of Africa?

A) Nelson Mandela of South Africa B) Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya C) Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast D) Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana E) Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe

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One approach to decreasing birth rates is to increase the education of

A) children. B) contraceptives. C) women. D) men. E) college graduates.

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In the formation of speleothems, the ceiling part of speleothem is called:

a. talagmites b. travertine c. stalactites d. acidic limestone

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