Kevin's Cards about Latin America

Question 1

Mestizo

Answer 1

the large ethnic group, is a Spanish and Indian mix

Question 2

Line of latitude that crosses Ecuador

Answer 2

Equator

Question 3

Voodoo

Answer 3

the religion that arrived in Haiti via the West African Slave Trade

Question 4

Most people’s religion here

Answer 4

Roman Catholic

Question 5

Spanish Colonization influenced

Answer 5

the religion in Latin America

Question 6

Latin America is what type of region

Answer 6

a culture region

Question 7

Latin American Countries gained independence from

Answer 7

Spain & Portugal

Question 8

Brazil was colonized by

Answer 8

Portugal and speak Portuguese

Question 9

Why would more people chose to move from rural areas to urban areas

Answer 9

There are more jobs & factories in Urban areas; quality of life

Question 10

Urbanization Push Factors

Answer 10

poor medical care, education, low paying jobs, & few things to do

Question 11

Urbanization Pull Factors

Answer 11

high paying jobs, more schools, etc.

Question 12

Most people live where

Answer 12

along the costal regions

Question 13

Why do most people live in urban areas

Answer 13

They provide more job stability & opportunities

Question 14

The Panama Canal ship channel connects

Answer 14

the Atlantic & Pacific Ocean in middle America for trade benefits

Question 15

Result of Panama Canal completion in 1914

Answer 15

It was no longer necessary for ships to sail the length route around the southernmost tip of South America

Question 16

What does Venezuela produce

Answer 16

Venezuela is one of the world’s biggest oil & petroleum producers

Question 17

NAFTA ( North American Free Trade Agreement )

Answer 17

Allowed trade between U.S.A, Mexico, & Canada

Question 18

If Rain Forests disappeared

Answer 18

Plants that provide food, medicine, & products would disappear and farmers would have more land to plant crops due to deforestation

Question 19

Why are Rain Forests important

Answer 19

Trees produce oxygen & because thousands of wildlife depend on rain forests

Question 20

Deforestation

Answer 20

The process of clearing forest land

Question 21

Clearing land to build roads

Answer 21

1 cause of deforestation

Question 22

Trees suck up

Answer 22

Carbon dioxide in the air that prevents global warming

Question 23

Environmentalists

Answer 23

people from various professions that work to slow down the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. They prevent loss & extinction of plant and animal species. Rain forests have protected areas called reserves.

Question 24

Name of Rainforest protected areas

Answer 24

reserves

Question 25

Government Leaders

Answer 25

The government stated development of the rainforest in the 1960s. In charge to build roads, dams, and air strips. They want to continue developing the rainforest, but also balance the needs of all groups.

Question 26

Native Amazonians

Answer 26

Native Amazonians ( Indians ) have lived in the Brazilian Rainforest for thousands of years. They want to protect traditional land from ranchers, settlers, and rubber tappers. With physical modifications it is hard for them to maintain traditional culture.

Question 27

Ranchers

Answer 27

Cattle Ranchers arrived in the Amazon in the 1960s. Came because government gave them free land. Want to protect land from an other group. Clearing land is hw they modify their physical environment.

Question 28

Rubber Tappers

Answer 28

Rubber tappers make a living by taking rubber from wild rubber trees. Since 1960s they protect land from ranchers and settlers. Want government to set aside land reserves for common use by rubber-tapper communities

Question 29

Settlers

Answer 29

Settlers are formerly landless people who came to the rainforest in 1960s. Claimed small parts of land for farming. protect land from Native Amazonians, ranchers, and rubber tappers that claim it.

Question 30

Limited Government

Answer 30

Power is limited and must obey laws

Question 31

Unlimited Government

Answer 31

control is place solely in the ruler

Question 32

Renewable Energy

Answer 32

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources. Replenished naturally

Question 33

Non-Renewable Resource

Answer 33

A resource of economic value that cannot be replenished by nature as fast as we need them.

Question 34

Leading Exports

Answer 34

Bananas, coffee, cotton, sugar cane, wood, rubber, & meat.

Question 35

One of Brazil’s main exports

Answer 35

TIMBER

Question 36

Which industry benefits from favorable climate in Caribbean Sea

Answer 36

Tourism

Question 37

Providing Eco-Tourists opportunities can reduce

Answer 37

Deforestation

Question 38

Cuba facts

Answer 38

Communist, at Florida’s southernmost tip, Capital is Havana, and Cultural Diffusion from Florida impacts them.

Question 39

Amazon facts

Answer 39

Begins in Andes Mountains, ends in Atlantic Ocean, Largest River in the world.

Question 40

Patagonia facts

Answer 40

At the southern tip of South America near Chile and Argentina & has a higher elevation due to its plateaus and being near the Andes mountains

Question 41

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 41

the process of spreading new skills and knowledge to other cultures.