Culture
Natural Resources
Environmental Problems
Physical Features
Latin American Countries
100
What is the main religion in Latin America?
Catholicism
100
Venezuela is the world's 6th largest producer of what natural resource?
Oil
100

What is the purpose of the Rainforest?

It is home to many different plants and animals

100
What river runs mostly through Brazil?
Amazon River
100
What is the largest and most populated country in Latin America?
Brazil
200
What are the two main languages spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
200
What is Brazil's most important export?
Coffee or Timber
200
What causes the air pollution in Mexico City (human causes)?
Emissions from cars and factories
200
What mountain range runs throughout Mexico, creating the Mexican Plateau?
Sierra Madre Mountains
200

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

A body of water that lies between Mexico and Florida

300
What can a literate person do?
Read and write
300
Why is the Panama Canal important?
Improves trade/makes shipping easier and quicker
300
Give two reasons that the forest is being cut down in Brazil.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
300

What is a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides & joins two larger bodies of land?

An isthmus

300

What Latin America country borders the United States?

Mexico

400
What is a mulatto?
Person with European and African ancestors
400
What country is Cuba's biggest trading partner?
Venezuela
400

Which country has a problem with air pollution?

Mexico

400
What mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
400

What are the three Latin American countries we study in 6th grade Social Studies?

Mexico, Brazil, and Cuba

500
What is a mestizo?
Person with European and Native American ancestors
500
___________ means that land is good for growing crops.
Arable
500
What geographical reason causes or worsens the air pollution in Mexico City?
The city lies in a crater shaped valley (city is surrounded by mountains)
500
Panama is an ____________, because it is a narrow strip of land that divides the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Isthmus
500
What country is considered an Isthmus?
Panama
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