Latin America Geography
Located in the southern hemisphere with low elevation, this country has issues with deforestation of the rainforest.
What is Brazil?
Name the two countries that colonized most of Latin America.
What is Portugal and Spain?
Highest percentage practiced religion in Latin America. (specific)
What is Roman Catholicism?
Why was the Panama Canal Built?
As a shorter route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Oceanfor trade
The large-scale cutting down and clearing of trees
deforestation
Give 3 reasons why the rainforest should be preserved
medicine, food, people's homes, animals, plants, climate change/global warming
List the order of the three major Latin American civilizations from earliest to most recent.
What is Maya, Aztec, Inca?
What is the festival celebrated in Rio de Jainero, Brazil each year before the catholic tradition of Lent?
Carnival
Name the trade bloc made up of several Latin American countries
Mercosur
The contrast between the life of the wealthy and the that of the poor in Latin America is due to the
income gap
What are 3 causes of widespread deforestation in the Amazon?
demand for wood, land for farming and ranching, fires, building roads, mining, forest products, urbanization
Which ancient civilization established a city at present day Mexico City and was conquered by Cortes?
the Aztecs
What type of Latin American music deals with politics and religion?
reggae
Name 4 natural resources found in Latin America
gold, iron, copper, timber, lumber, oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric power
The reasons people leave a place or come to a place
push-and-pull factors
What 2 things change due to altitude, ocean currents, and distance from the equator
climate and vegetation
This ancient civilization created Machu Picchu and was conquered by Pizzaro
the Inca
A form of government that is run by a few powerful people
oligarchy
Name 3 economic problems in Latin America
uneducated & unskilled workers, job shortages, income gap, vulnerability, primary sector/commodities, few exports, lack of growth
What type of government common in Latin America stresses obedience to a leader?
authoritarian or dictatorship
crime, air and water pollution, crowding, deforestation, environmental issues, push-and-pull factors, extract fresh water, loss of habitats, poverty
Name 4 problems with Latin American governments.
violent, unstable, dictatorships, military rule, oligarchies, slow to become democracies
What is the difference between a minifundia and a latifundia?
A minifundia is run by a family and is smaller. A latifundia is huge and run by a corporation.
What are the three economically strongest countries in Latin America?
brazil, Argentina, Mexico
What is the term for Spain's defeat of the Native people in Latin America
Spanish Conquest