Latin America Background
What country in South America did Portugal control?
Brazil
Define the word Deforestation.
Removing or clearing trees from a forest
A person is called this when they do not have the necessary paperwork or permission to go to another country.
What is an illegal immigrant or illegal alien?
How much of a "thing" is available
The number of miles saved by not having to circumnavigate South America by using the Panama Canal.
What is 8,000 miles?
What Mountain Range did the Incans live on?
Andes Mountains
A word that means the range of plants and animals in a specific location
Biodiversity
This is someone who is moving temporarily to a new country or place
Migrant
How much of a "thing" is wanted
Demand
Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola. What two countries are located on this island today?
Haiti & Dominican Republic
Describe the difference between Hispanic and Latino
HISPANIC - Spanish-speaking people from countries that speak Spanish
LATINO - People from Latin America
Three groups of people in the Land Use Conflict would like to PRESERVE the rainforest. You get 100 points for each group.
Native Amazonians, Environmentalists, Rubber Tappers
Someone who is forced to leave their home due to unsafe circumstances, and cannot return to their country.
Refugee
The level of wealth, comfort, and goods available to people in an area
Standard of Living
What big cat, located in the Amazon Rainforest, has the strongest bite?
Jaguar
What is the name of someone with both Spanish and an Indigenous background?
Mestizo
Three groups of people in the Land Use Conflict would like to UTILIZE the rainforest and its resources. You get 100 points for each group.
Cattle Ranchers, Settlers, and Loggers
Describe the difference between Immigration and Emigration.
Immigration = Going INTO a country
Emigration = EXITING a country
This word is another word for being poor and not having enough of your basic needs being met such as food, shelter and clothing.
What is poverty?
What island is only 90 miles from the US border?
What is Cuba?
What were the "three G's" of the Conquistadors?
God, Glory and Gold.
What layer of the rainforest contains the most flora and fauna?
Canopy
Provide an example of the following types of PULL factors.
What are opportunities for your children and family to have a better education, job, or future?
How much money you have left over after taxes and bills at the end of the month
Monthly Disposable Income
This environmentally unique island group was studied by the scientist Charles Darwin and is off the coast of Equador.
What is the Galapagos Islands?