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PoliticalFeatures

PhysicalFeatures

EnvironmentalIssues Countries Potluck

This country borders the United States of America…

Mexico

This country is the largest of the

islands in the Caribbean…

Cuba

This country is the largest country in South America…

Brazil

This skinny country is the southern most country in Central

America...

Panama

This country runs along the

southwestern coast of South America…

Chile

This body of water borders Mexico

directly to the east…

Gulf of Mexico

There are 3 chains of this mountain range that lies in

Mexico…

Sierra Madre Mountains

This body of water flows across

northern Brazil into Peru…

The Amazon River

This body of water lies directly north of Colombia and south

of the islands of Cuba and Haiti….

Caribbean Sea

This physical feature lies in Northern

Chile, between the Pacific Ocean and

Andes Mtns…

Atacama Desert

This is Mexico City’s biggest environmental

concern…

Air pollution

Venezuela’s major environmental concern is…

Oil-related pollution

How does Mexico City’s location/geography

worsen it’s air pollution…?

Mexico City is in a valley, and the Sierra

Madre Mtns trap pollution from exiting

the city

The people of Venezuela continue to produce and

sell oil even though it hurts the environment

because…

Oil is a MAJOR source of income for

the people

Deforestation is killing the Amazon Rainforest. Define

deforestation…

The removal of trees from a certain

area…

Brazil’s main language is…

Portuguese

This Caribbean island has a communist

government…

Cuba

This country has the highest population on any country in Latin

America…

Brazil

Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela all have

what type of government…

Democracy

Mexico and Venezuela both benefit from

producing this natural resource…

Oil

A large majority of Cuba’s land is arable land. Arable land is

good for…

Farming or Agriculture

The Amazon Rainforest is located

mostly in…

Brazil

List the 3 regions that make up Latin

America…

1 – Mexico & Central America2 – Caribbean Islands3 – South America

Why is the Panama Canal so important…?

It provides a shortcut for trade, and connects the

Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

The majority of Brazilians live where

in Brazil…

Along the east or southeast coast