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What poses the greatest threat to the rain forest in Brazil?
logging
What man made structure was built in Central America in 1914 to create a water way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?
Panama Canal
Island country in the Caribbean located 90 miles South of Florida
Cuba?
Why do so few people live in central and western Brazil?
Amazon Rainforest
A leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest (2 reasons)
cattle ranching, farming
Which country connects North America to South America?
Panama
What is the largest country in Latin America?
Brazil
How does Brazil’s location make it easy to trade with other countries around the world?
Huge coastline along the Atlantic Ocean
Main cause of air pollution in Mexico City
smoke from factories and cars?
Which mountain range runs down the western edge of South America and serves as the eastern border of Chile?
Andes Mountains
features such as mountains, rain forests, deserts, etc, are known as
physical features
Which Latin American country (Brazil, Mexico, or Cuba) does NOT trade with the US?
Cuba
What are the three regions that make up Latin America?
Mexico & Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
The Sierra Madre Mountain Range is associated with which Latin American country?
Mexico
A narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins 2 larger bodies of water.
Isthmus
What are the three factors that determine where people live?
Location, climate, natural resources
What is the largest river in the world that holds the most volume of water?
Amazon River
Which physical feature is trapping air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico?
Sierra Madre Mountains?
What is the driest desert on earth?
Atacama Desert
Describe what urban means.
Relating to a town or a city.
Which physical feature surrounds Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas?
Caribbean Sea
Which country touches Peru and Ecuador?
Columbia