Location
What Latin American country is located south of the United States, east of the Pacific Ocean, and west of the Caribbean Sea?
Mexico
In Northern Mexico, what is the climate like?
Hot and dry, little rainfall
What draws many people in Mexico to live in urban areas throughout central Mexico? (2 answers)
Many jobs and better climate
What is Mexico's most valuable resource?
Oil
Name 2 things that Brazil's abundance of Iron has allowed them to produce?
Automobiles, Machinery, and other important goods. (Need 2 of these)
Which Latin American country is said to be divided into 3 different regions due to the different climates and landforms
What is the climate like in Cuba?
Semi-tropical with good rainfall
Where do around 80% of Brazilian people live?
Along the eastern coast
What percent of Mexico's land is considered arable?
12%
Mexico. About 80% of these are shipped to the US.
Which Latin American country is on the Eastern side of South America, but also shares a border with most every country on the western side?
Brazil
What is the climate like is MOST parts of Brazil?
Mostly hot and tropical.
Why do very few people live in Central and Western Brazil?
Because it is covered by the Amazon Rainforest.
Brazil produces more _________ than anyone else in the world.
Coffee
Fishing
What is the most significant waterway in all of South America?
Amazon River
What is the climate like in Central Mexico?
Temperate and plenty of rainfall
What Latin American city is one of the most populated cities in the world?
Mexico City
What is Cuba's most important export?
Who are Brazil's top trading partners?
Argentina and the United States
Due to Cuba's location on ocean trading routes, what has it been a huge influence on?
History and Economy
June to November
The majority of people who live in Southern Mexico are _______ _______ ?
Indigenous farmers
The abundance of iron ore has allowed ________ to produce steel and then make automobiles, machinery, and other important goods that can be sold all over the world. What country?
Brazil
Why does the United States not trade with Cuba despite being only 90 miles from each other?
The US placed an Embargo on Cuba in the 1960s due to it's communist government