Natural Resources
Environmental Problems
Physical Features
Latin American Countries
100
Venezuela is the world's 6th largest producer of what natural resource?
Oil
100
What is the environmental problem in Latin America?
Deforestation
100
What river runs mostly through Brazil?
Amazon River
100
What is the largest and most populated country in Latin America?
Brazil
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

There are 2 countries in Latin America that are Landlocked, can you name 1 of them?

BONUS 100 if you can name BOTH

Bolivia and Paraguay

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, Slash and Burn

300
What body of water are Haiti and Cuba in?
Caribbean Sea
300

What is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and is located on the Western side of the island of Hispaniola?

What is Haiti

400

What country is Mexico's biggest trading partner?

United States

400
Which country has a problem with oil pollution?
Venezuela
400
What mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
400

Which country borders the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean?

Cuba

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

This physical feature was created by a Rain Shadow caused by the Andes Mountains.

Atacama Desert

500
What country is considered an Isthmus?
Panama
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