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Latin American Countries
100

What part of South America has the most descendants of indigenous people?

Western

100

Venezuela is a large producer of what natural resource?

Oil

100

What is an environmental problem in the Amazon rainforest?

Deforestation

100
What river runs mostly through Brazil?
Amazon River
100
What is the largest and most populated country in Latin America?
Brazil
200
What are the two main languages spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
200

What are some things that you think Brazil exports? (goods that they produce and then send out to trade).

Coffee, Timber, Beef, Fruit

200

What could be some causes of air pollution in Mexico City? Look at population density, natural resources and land use map. 

Emissions factories and cars because of lots of people. 

200
What mountain range runs throughout Mexico, creating the Mexican Plateau?
Sierra Madre Mountains
200

Name a country in Latin America that is landlocked.

Bolivia

300

What do mestizo and mulatto mean?

Mixed roots

300
Why is the Panama Canal important?
Improves trade/makes shipping easier and quicker
300

Give two reasons that the rain forest is being cut down in Brazil. Look at land use and natural resources map.

Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining

300
What body of water are Haiti and Cuba in?
Caribbean Sea
300

Name a country in Latin America that is an island or is on an island. 

Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba

400

The highest population areas of South America are near what?

Ocean or coastline

400

Name a country that could be a big trading partner for Cuba.

Venezuela, EU, China, Canada, Spain, Colombia, Jamaica, Haiti, Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, DR, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala

400

Name countries that could have a problem with oil pollution.

Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, DR

400
What mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
400

Which country is bordered by Colombia, Brazil, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean?

Venezuela

500

What is the difference between Latin and Hispanic?

Latin means someone from a country in Latin America, Hispanic means someone from a country that's predominant language is Spanish.

500

Name a country in Latin America that has a lot of land good for growing crops.

Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador

500

Name one of the two bodies of water in Central (Middle America) where lots of oil and natural gas production happens.

Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea

500

Name two countries that form a peninsula at the southern tip of South America.

Argentina and Chile

500

What country is considered an Isthmus? (a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.)

Panama