Culture
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Environmental Problems
Physical Features
Trade
100
What is the main religion in Latin America?
Catholicism
100

Brazil is the world's 10th largest producer of what natural resource?

steel

100

Air pollution can lead to what condition in humans?

respiratory

100
What river runs mostly through Brazil?
Amazon River
100

another word for buyers

consumers

200
What are the two main languages spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
200

what are the 3 questions countries must answer

what to produce

how to produce

for whom to produce

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

another word for sellers

producers

300
What can a literate person do?
Read and write
300

what year did Mexico's oil industry become nationalized

1938

300
Give two reasons that the forest is being cut down in Brazil.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
300
What body of water are Haiti and Cuba in?
Caribbean Sea
300

The process of becoming an expert in a good or service

specialization

400
What is a mulatto?
Person with European and African ancestors
400

This type of economy is based on long-standing customs and values

traditional

400

this term refers to cutting down forests to plant crops

slash and burn

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

what are extra taxes on imported goods

tariffs

500
What is a mestizo?
Person with European and Native American ancestors
500

This country in Latin America is the closest to a command economy

Cuba

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 is it called when a country bans trade with another country?

embargo

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