Geography
The largest country in South America
What is Brazil?
body of water lies between Mexico and Florida
What is Gulf of Mexico?
Began the Colombian Exchange in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
a trade barrier that taxes certain imported or exported goods
What is Tariff?
The Central American country connects North and South America
What is Panama?
river flows through Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
What is Amazon River?
Civilizations were present before Europeans settled in Latin America
Who were the Maya, Inca, and Aztec?
a trade barrier that blocks or places limits on a trade with a country
What is embargo?
three natural resources important to the economies of both Mexico and Brazil
What is wheat, soybeans, and oil?
The country that runs along the southern border with the United States
What is Mexico?
region is home to an incredible diversity of plant, animal, and insect species
What is Amazon Rainforest?
The movement of peoples, agricultural supplies, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and New World
What is Colombian Exchange?
a trade barrier that limits imported goods
What is quota?
Legislature is to parliament as a president is to a
What is Prime Minister ?
The country that touches the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, Ecuador, and Peru.
What is Colombia?
feature allows ships to pass easily between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
Panama Canal
The main religion in Latin America brought by the Spanish and Portuguese
What is Catholicism?
an action that slows or blocks the exchange of goods and/or services between countries
What is trade barrier?
The government owns most of the country's resources
What is Cuba?
South America country that is long and thin and located along the Pacific Ocean?
What is Chile?
place in Chile known as the driest place on earth
What is Atacama Desert?
country conquered most of Central and South America, with the exception of Brazil
What is Spain?
refusing to buy from a country without an official embargo
What is a boycott?
The Senate and Chamber of Deputies
What is Mexico and Brazil's Legislative?