Culture
What part of South America has the most descendants of indigenous people?
Western
Venezuela is a large producer of what natural resource?
Oil
What is an environmental problem in the Amazon rainforest?
Deforestation
What are some things that you think Brazil exports? (goods that they produce and then send out to trade).
Coffee, Timber, Beef, Fruit
What could be some causes of air pollution in Mexico City? Look at population density, natural resources and land use map.
Emissions factories and cars because of lots of people.
Name a country in Latin America that is landlocked.
Bolivia
What do mestizo and mulatto mean?
Mixed roots
Give two reasons that the rain forest is being cut down in Brazil. Look at land use and natural resources map.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
Name a country in Latin America that is an island or is on an island.
Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba
The highest population areas of South America are near what?
Ocean or coastline
Name a country that could be a big trading partner for Cuba.
Venezuela, EU, China, Canada, Spain, Colombia, Jamaica, Haiti, Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, DR, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala
Name countries that could have a problem with oil pollution.
Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, DR
Which country is bordered by Colombia, Brazil, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean?
Venezuela
What is the difference between Latin and Hispanic?
Latin means someone from a country in Latin America, Hispanic means someone from a country that's predominant language is Spanish.
Name a country in Latin America that has a lot of land good for growing crops.
Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador
Name one of the two bodies of water in Central (Middle America) where lots of oil and natural gas production happens.
Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea
Name two countries that form a peninsula at the southern tip of South America.
Argentina and Chile
What country is considered an Isthmus? (a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.)
Panama