Environmental Issues
How do the Sierra Madre Mountains affect pollution in Mexico City?
They trap pollution
Where most people live in L.A.
What are Urban Areas/Cities?
The three regions of Latin America
What are Mexico and Central America, Caribbean, and South America
The native people of Latin America
Indigenous
A flatbread dish stuffed with filling eaten in Venezuella and Colombia .
What are arepas?
This is a cause of what problem: Building a highway through northern Brazil.
What is "Destruction of Amazon Rainforest?"
Venezuela's export specialization
What is oil?
The Natural water highway of South America?
What is Río amazonas (Amazon River)?
Three ancient civilizations of Latin America
Who are Maya, Aztec, and Inca?
Latin American families are often described as familismo. What does that mean>
What is large and close-knit?
An environmental issue that has seen improvement
What is air pollution in Mexico City?
Mexico, Brazil, and Cuba all produce this popular agricultural product.
What is coffee?
The two countries that do not border Brazil
What are Ecuador and Chile?
The main religion of Latin America
What is Catholicism (Catholic)?
What is Quinceañera?
The Lake in Venezuela that has been polluted by oil
What is Lake Maracaibo?
The most common climate in Latin America.
What is hot and humid? Tropical?
A long-narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger bodies of land.
What is isthmus?
List two traditional holidays or celebrations
What are Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), Carnival, Semana Santa, Nochebueana
A Cuban dish of stewed beef and tomatoes with a sofrito base
Ropa Vieja
Two ways that Mexico City has tried to solve its pollution problems
What are promote public transportation, cleaner fuels, car use restrictions, workshops?
The top trading partner for Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuella
What is the US?
The driest place on earth
What is the Atacama Desert?
List three types of music or dance from LA.
What are Samba, Tango, Mariachi, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, or Reggaeton?
Who are seen as the heads of the Latin American family and the keepers of wisdom and tradition.
Who are elders?