temporary event triggered by natural hazards that overwhelm local response capacity and seriously affect the social or economic development of a region
What is natural disaster?
100
The three sub- regions of Latin America
What is Caribbean, Central America, and South America
100
They call it Latin America because
What is people there speak Latin rooted languages
100
On average Latin America experience _____ natural disasters a year
What is 30?
100
_________ ranks in the top ten for global GDP
What is Brazil?
200
Religion that originated in the Caribbean, believe in various deities that are subordinate to a greater god who does not interfere with human life
What is voodoo?
200
The dominate landform in Mexico
What is Mexican Plateau
200
many different ethnic groups, which makes their culture very
What is diversity
200
Since what war does Latin America ranks third in terms of instability
What is World War Two
200
Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela are all rich in what natural resource?
What is oil?
300
Mixed race of European and African ancestry
What is Mulatto?
300
2nd largest river in the world
What is Amazon River?
300
dominate religion in Latin America
What is Christian-Roman Catholic?
300
Honduras, Panama, and Paraguay are some of Latin America’s most ________ countries
What is Stable?
300
The drug trading route between W. Africa and Latin America
What is Interstate 10?
400
Attempts to eliminate drug crops while they are being grown
What is Eradication?
400
Separates the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
What is Yucatan Peninsula?
400
The Brazilian festival of Carnival is most like the U.S. holiday
What is Mardi Gras
400
. When talk about the rainforest, 57% of it is in Latin America, ___________ of the world’s plant and animal life lives there, and 30 acres are cut every minute
What is 1/2?
400
82% of _______ is estimated to come into the US from Latin America
What is Heroin?
500
Attempts to seize drugs while en route to the U.S.
What is Interdiction?
500
The world’s deepest lake
What is Lake Titicaca?
500
The Andes Mountains was home to what ancient civilization
What is the Incas?
500
These efforts fail because there is too much boarder and coastline to defend
What is Interdiction?
500
If the global price of coffee fell, this region would feel what type of effect