Latin America Flashcards
What is deforestation
The action of cutting down a wide area of trees for development and agriculture
What is tourism
A service industry that focuses on travel
What is logging
As a result of deforestation, the cutting down of trees to use the wood/lumber to produce goods
What is terrace farming
A flat surface that is built into a hillside that is used to farm
Where is the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range located
In Mexico next to the Pacific Ocean
OCCidental/OCCean
Where is the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range located
In Mexico next to the Gulf of Mexico
Amazon River is the _____________________
Longest river in South America
The Andes mountain range is located_______________________________
Along the Pacific Coast of SOUTH AMERICA (not Mexico like the Sierra Madre’s)
____________ colonized most territories in South America
Spain and France
Panama Canal connects which two oceans
Atlantic (and Caribbean) and Pacific
