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Latin American Countries
100

Which two continents Is Latin America located on?

North and South America

100

What does the word deforestation mean? 

Clearing or cutting down forests to make room for something else. 

100

Physical maps tell us_____________ and political maps tell us_______________.

Physical maps: The names of landforms or physical features and 

Political maps: names of countries, states, nations, etc. 

100

What physical feature runs mostly through Brazil?

Amazon River

100

This country is the largest and most populated country in Latin America and shares a border with nearly every country in South America!

Brazil

200

The longest Mountain Range in the world is the _____________ mountains. 

Andes

200
What is Brazil's most important export?
Coffee or Timber
200
What causes the air pollution in Mexico City (human causes)?
Emissions from cars and factories
200
What mountain range runs throughout Mexico, creating the Mexican Plateau?
Sierra Madre Mountains
200

Which country touches Ecuador, the Pacific Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea?

Colombia

300

The Gulf of Mexico is bordered by __________ to the North, __________ to the South, and __________ to the East.

United States to the North, Mexico to the South, and Cuba to the East.

300

Why is the Panama Canal important?

Improves trade/makes shipping easier and quicker or it provides a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

300
Give two reasons that the forest is being cut down in Brazil.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
300

All of Latin America is located in the _________ Hemisphere. 

Western.


300

This is longest and most narrow country in the world stretching from the north to the south.  It shares borders with the Pacific Ocean and the South American countries Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. 

Chile

400

What are tributaries? or What is a tributary?

Streams or rivers that flow into and joins a main river. It does not flow directly into the sea.

400
What country is Cuba's biggest trading partner?
Venezuela
400

The _________ __________ produces _____ of the Earth's oxygen!

Amazon Rainforest, 1/3 (one-third)

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

This country is 90 miles south of Florida, in the Caribbean Sea. 

Cuba

500

Name the seven (7) continents. 

North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Antartica, Australia.

500

Most people in Mexico live in Central Mexico where the farmland is ___________, which means that land is good for growing crops.

Arable

500

What geographical reason causes or worsens the air pollution in Mexico City?

The city lies in a crater shaped valley (city is surrounded by mountains)

500
Panama is an ____________, because it is a narrow strip of land that divides the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Isthmus
500

Where do most Brazilian's live?

Most Brazilians live along the coasts, within 200 miles if the ocean.