Columbian Exchange
Where did bananas come to the Americas from?
Australia
According to the video, what is the largetst Rainforest in the world
Amazon Rainforest
What is the literacy rate of Venezueal
97 percent
In Cuba power was taken and kept by force, in Chile the leader is voted in by the citizens. Which country is an example of unlimited government?
Cuba
When was the Panama Canal finihsed?
1914
What were three crops brought to the new world from the old?
Wheat, barley, rice, turnips
Why is the Amazon called the lungs of the world
It is the biggest forest on earth
How do you tell if a country is developed or developing?
The gdp per capita
What is the name of the man made water way built in 1914?
Panama Canal
Name one reason to build the canal?
Need to move ships Pacific to Carribean sea
Who was one of the first explorers to the new world, who helped to start the columbian exchange?
Christopher Columbus
What is one thing the Amazon Rainforest does for the world
Regulates the water cycle
Name one level of industry?
Agriculture, service, manufacturing
People in Haiti speak mostly French, and people in the Dominican Republic speak mostly Spanish, why is this?
The island split into two countries.
Name one disease that killed workers building the canal
Yellow Fever
Olmec, Aztec, Mayan
How can deforestation be stopped
Replanting trees
Name a crop grown in columbia
Coffee, sugar or barley
Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese, what is one effect of this?
People of Brazil speak mainly Portuguese
In what year did the Panamanian Government give the U.S. permission to build the canal?
1903
What was the columbian exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, and ideas from the old world to the new.
According to the video, how many square kilometers is the Amazon Rainforest?
Which three countries in Latin America have coffee as a part of their economy
Columbia, Brazil, Venezuela.
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
Name one effect of the Panama Canal
Ships from around the world use the canal.