Latin America
• Review of Chapter 1, all
section
One of the uses of
the rivers in
Central America is
to produce…..
•Hydroelectricity
• What makes the soil
in the farmland in
Mexico and Central
America so fertile?
•A. Fishing
•B. Volcanic Ash
•C. Coral
•B. Volcanic Ash
• What is the region in
Mexico that contains
most of the country’s
important cities and
best farmland?
• A. Cuba
• B. Brazil
• C. Mexico’s Central
Plateau
•C. Mexico’s
Central Plateau
•What do farmers
grow in Argentina
and Uruguay?
Wheat and Apples
• In which Hemisphere is
Latin America located?
•Western
Hemisphere
• Coral comes from…
• Skeletons of tiny sea
animals
• The types of crops
grown by Andes
Mountain farmers are
influenced by …..
•Elevation
•Caribbean
islands are
formed from
coral and …..
•Tops of
underwater
Mountains
•When oil prices
dropped in
Venezuela the
country realized it
needed to ….
•Diversify its
economy
• Venezuela produces…
•OIL
•Which countries
produce Coffee?
• Columbia and Brazil
•What effects the
climate of Latin
America?
• Elevation, the
distance from the
equator, the
windpatterns
• The climate in Latin
America is….
• Different from place
to place
•Trade and Travel
are affected by…
•High Mountains and
dense rainforest
•Long Mountain
chain that runs
the west coast of
South America
• Andes Mountain
•Where is the
largest rainforest
in the world?
•Amazon River Basin
• Where are important
cities and farmland
located in Mexico?
•Mexico’s Central
Plateau
Economy
refers to …
• The money or wealth of
a country
• The regions of Latin
America include…..
•Mexico and the
Caribbean Island,
South America, and
Central America
• The grasslands of Latin
America are known as
the…..
•Pampas
• A river or stream
that flows into a main
river is called……
•Tributary
• Production of other
crops or resources to
add variety to expand
a country’s economy
•diversify