Environmental Issues
Geography & Climate
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
100

The main environmental issue facing Mexico City.

What is air pollution?

100

The Amazon River passes through this climate.

What is tropical?

100

75% of Mexico's trade goes to this country?

What is the United States?

100

This body of water is the primary location of Brazil's major seaports.

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

100

This natural phenomena impacts Cuba the most.

What are tropical storms/hurricanes?

200

The main issue facing the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.

What is deforestation?

200

The climate of northern Mexico can best be described as this.

What is dry/arid?

200

This export provides 1/3 of Mexico's budget.

What is oil?
200

Brazil exports nearly 1/3 of this drink for the world.

What is coffee?

200

This is the major natural resource of Cuba.

What is sugarcane?

300

The combination of smoke, soot, fog, and other pollutants.

What is smog?

300

Another word for farmable land.

What is arable?

300

These 3 bodies of water surround Mexico, providing many different trade routes and seaports.

What is the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Pacific Ocean?

300

The Amazon Rainforest, beaches, and beautiful cities represent this major economic resource for Brazil.

What is tourism?

300

These 3 bodies of water surround Cuba, providing it with a warm, tropical climate ideal for growing tobacco and commercial fishing.

What is the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea?

400

The primary reason for deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.

What is cattle ranching or lumber?

400

The _________ ____________ sits between the Sierra Madre Mountains and is where most of the population of Mexico, including Mexico City, is located.

What is the Mexican Plateau?

400

This precious metal is a major export of Mexico, accounting for 15% of the world supply.

What is silver?

400

Where do most people in Brazil live:

A. Amazon Rainforest

B. The southeastern coast

C. Havana

What is B. The southeastern coast?

400
Cuba has this type of government.

What is Communist?

500

The Amazon Rainforest provides the Earth with nearly 25% of this.

What is oxygen?

500

Cuba primarily has this type of climate.

What is tropical savanna?

500

These 4 natural resources account for most of Mexico's consumable exports.

What is fruit, vegetables, coffee, and cotton?

500

Name 3 major food exports of Brazil.

What is coffee, citrus, sugarcane, soybeans, cattle, corn, and rice?

500

This is the term for the policy of the United States towards Cuba, effectively blocking trade outside of a few neighboring countries.

What is embargo?