Mexico's Geography
Most of Mexico's population lives in this region due to its mild climate.
What is Central Mexico?
Because Cuba is an island, these two industries are vital to its economy.
What are Tourism and Fishing?
Most Brazilians live along this coast for easier trade.
What is the Atlantic Coast?
What percentage of Mexico's exports go to the United States?
What is 80%?
Land that is suitable for farming is called...
What is Arable?
This city has over 19 million people because of its abundance of jobs.
What is Mexico City?
Cuba’s fertile soil allows it to be a top producer of this sweet crop.
What is Sugar Cane?
Brazil has "vast deposits" of this resource used to make steel.
What is Iron Ore?
Why do many Mexicans move to towns along the US border?
What is to work in factories/maquiladoras?
This term describes a climate that is mild and ideal for settlement.
What is Temperate?
Mexico’s most valuable resource is found in this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This is the primary reason the US and Cuba have limited trade.
What is the Trade Embargo/Blockade?
This massive rainforest makes the western part of Brazil sparsely populated.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
Cuba must do this to get most of its consumer goods.
What is Import them?
This factor is the most important in determining if a climate is "tropical."
What is distance from the Equator?
Northern Mexico is mostly hot and dry; another word for this is...
What is Arid?
Cuba lacks these, which means they must import most manufactured goods.
What are Mineral Resources?
Because of its climate, Brazil is a world leader in producing this breakfast drink.
What is Coffee?
This is the term for a raw material or agricultural product like sugar or oil.
What is a Commodity?
A city area with a high population density is called...
What is Urban?
Why is the population density lower in northern Mexico compared to the center?
What is the dry climate/lack of rainfall?
Cuba’s economy suffered in 1991 because this major ally collapsed.
What is the Soviet Union?
Brazil's location on the Atlantic allows it to trade easily with these two continents.
What are Europe and Africa?
How does Brazil's location benefit its trade compared to Cuba?
What is having more ports/direct access to multiple continents?
Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico all have this type of "warm year-round" climate.
What is Tropical?