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Physical Geography
Climate, Vegetation & Population
Economics & Politics
100
Electricity generated from falling waters.
What is hydroelectric power
100
Ranges that run parallel to one another.
What are cordilleras
100
River that forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States.
What is the Rio Grande
100
Animals that graze in the puna area in South America.
What are sheep, llamas, and alpacas
100
Latin American country with the largest oil reserves.
What is Venezuela
200
A high plateau encircled by mountains.
What is an altiplano
200
A dense layer of leaves formed by trees growing close together within a tropical rain forest.
What is a canopy
200
The world's largest rain forest covers one-third of South America.
What is the Amazon Rain Forest
200
Proportion of all plant and animal species on Earth that live in rain forests.
What is one-half
200
The loss of the most educated people of a country through emigration.
What is a brain drain
300
Descendants of a region's first inhabitants are _____________ people.
What is indigenous
300
"Floating" fields built by Aztec farmers to increase their farmland.
What are chinampas
300
Physical features that have kept some Latin American people isolated.
What are high mountains and cordilleras
300
In the mountains of Latin America, ___________ is the most important determinant of climate and vegetation.
What is altitude or elevation
300
People from the countryside who cannot find jobs or adequate housing are forced to live in makeshift slums called _________.
What are shantytowns
400
Large agricultural estates that are owned by wealthy elites or corporations.
What is Latifundia.
400
A form of a language that is unique to a particular place.
What is dialect
400
Most of the population of South America live ____________.
What is near the coast
400
Part of Latin America - known for small areas with rapidly growing population therefore becoming very densely populated.
What is the Caribbean islands
400
Trade agreement between the United States and Central American and Caribbean countries.
What is DR-CAFTA
500
Manufacturing plants located in free trade zones in Mexico.
What are Maquiladoras
500
Technological and economic growth that does not destroy natural and human resources in a place.
What is sustainable development
500
Most of the Andes were formed by the collision of which two tectonic plates.
What is South American and Nazca
500
Rapid urbanization often results in _________________.
What are environmental changes and stressing of city services
500
The effect of foreign debt on the economy of many Latin American countries.
What is hampering the ability of Latin American countries to fund social programs
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