Social Studies Latin America

Front 1

Latin America has many different climates because of?

Back 1

Latitude and Altitude

Front 2

What country has the largest population in South America and contains the Amazon Rainforest?

Back 2

Brazil

Front 3

What allowed native people to settle down in one place and to the growth of civilization?

Back 3

Farming

Front 4

Name a sustainable activity in the Amazon Rainforest?

Back 4

Rubber Tapping. (Rubber Tapper)

Front 5

What is the largest river in South America?

Back 5

The Amazon River

Front 6

What is one of the three colonies that has dictatorship?

Back 6

Cuba

Front 7

Who is Mexico and Cuba affecting the U.S. in negative ways?

Back 7

With drug cartels

Front 8

What is the Caribbean Islands most important industry?

Back 8

Tourism

Front 9

Native Americans and Europeans make up two ethnic backgrounds of Latin America. What two ethnic groups represent Latin America?

Back 9

Asians and Africans

Front 10

What are the two most widley spoken in Latin America?

Back 10

Spanish and Portuguese

Front 11

The largest festival is held in Brazil on the last day before the Christian holy period called lent. What is the festival called?

Back 11

Carnival

Front 12

A group of people that are responsible for defforstation are called?

Back 12

Loggers

Front 13

What does Mexico specialize in?

Back 13

The manufacturing industry

Front 14

People of Porto Rico are citizens of what country?

Back 14

The U.S.

Front 15

What are huge storms that are common in the Caribbean Islands?

Back 15

Hurricanes

Front 16

Cuba lies about 90 miles south of what?

Back 16

Florida

Front 17

Porto Rico is what?

Back 17

Common wealth

Front 18

Native people in Latin America died fighting who?

Back 18

European colonists

Front 19

Even deadlier than the wars were the what that the Europeans gave the Native people?

Back 19

The diseases

Front 20

What are some problems that Latin Americans have?

Back 20

Poverty, poor schools, open suage, and unstable government.

Front 21

What is the most widley practiced religion in Latin America?

Back 21

Christianity

Front 22

Were are the highest birthrates in the Latin American region found?

Back 22

Central America

Front 23

What are the main crops in Latin America?

Back 23

Bananas, sugar cane, and coffee

Front 24

A country in Central America that has a high literacy rate a stable democracy has not fought in a war 1800s and has fewer poor people than other people in Central America. What is this country?

Back 24

Costa Rica

Front 25

A country that has had a troubled history an unstable government. It was the only country ever created as a result of a successful revolt of enslaved people. Most of its people are poor. This country has recently been devestated by a large earthquake. What country is this?

Back 25

Haiti

Front 26

Due to pollution from cars and Mexico factory smoke Mexico City is covered in what?

Back 26

Sog

Front 27

This country is best known for having a canal that shortens the distance for traval. What is this country?

Back 27

Panama

Front 28

What makes the soil fertile in Central America?

Back 28

Ash and lava

Front 29

The main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon Rainforest is what?

Back 29

Defforestation and the differences among many groups

Front 30

What groups want to protect biodiversity in the rainforest?

Back 30

The enviornmental groups

Front 31

To provide gasohol Brazi uses gasoline mixed with alcohol produced from what?

Back 31

Sugercane

Front 32

One positive outcome of Columbian Exchange or the Europeans coming to the Americas is what?

Back 32

Transportation from horses and resources like wheat rie and barley

Front 33

Three negative outcomes of the Columbian Exchange or the Europeans coming to Americas are what?

Back 33

The diseases and the slavery and the colonization

Front 34

What is a major problem that Mexico and Columbia both deal with?

Back 34

The drug cartels

Front 35

Cutting down of forests without replacing new trees is what?

Back 35

Deforstation

Front 36

A sustainable activity because they dont harm the rainforest and dont kill trees is?

Back 36

Rubber Tapping

Front 37

Is it important to save the rainforest why or why not?

Back 37

Yes,because it gives us oxygen and gives us medicine. Also because the wildife lives there