Latin America – Economy Geography Notes

Question 0

_– Large farms that grow cash crops

Answer 0

plantation agriculture

Question 1

_– Small family owned farms of low production

Answer 1

subsistence farming

Question 2

people build_in mountainous areas

Answer 2

terraced fields

Question 3

gift four examples of cash crops

Answer 3

tea, coffee, sugar, cacao

Question 4

people practice_farming in Latin America

Answer 4

slash and burn

Question 5

cutting down trees and burning them to fertilize the soil

Answer 5

slash and burn farming

Question 6

rain forests are being destroyed for_,, and

Answer 6

timber, ranching, farming

Question 7

Latin America has many_ranches

Answer 7

cattle

Question 8

cowboys in Argentina are called_

Answer 8

gauchos

Question 9

gauchos work on the_

Answer 9

pampas

Question 10

_Were large land holdings in Latin America

Answer 10

haciendas

Question 11

some haciendas could be_,, or

Answer 11

farms ranches or mines

Question 12

haciendas were owned by_and poor people worked the land

Answer 12

wealthy landowners

Question 13

Ecuador, Venezuela, and Mexico have_

Answer 13

Oil

Question 14

Ecuador in Venezuela are members of_

Answer 14

OPEC

Question 15

what does OPEC stand for?

Answer 15

Organization of petroleum exporting countries

Question 16

Chile has large deposits of_

Answer 16

copper

Question 17

Venezuela and Brazil have_

Answer 17

Iron ore

Question 18

NAFTA stands for what?

Answer 18

North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 19

what are the members of NAFTA?

Answer 19

United States Canada and Mexico

Question 20

NAFTA as a trade agreement that abolishes _ between the three countries

Answer 20

tariffs

Question 21

Mexico city has severe_

Answer 21

Air pollution