Latin American Environmental Issues

Which Latin American country is highlighted on the map shown?

• Brazil
• Panama
• Mexico
• Venezuela

Which Latin American country is highlighted on the map shown?

• Brazil
• Panama
• Mexico
• Venezuela

Which of these countries is considered an isthmus?

• Brazil
• Honduras
• Cuba
• Panama

Match the word to the definition:
destruction or loss of forests; this is an environmental issue in Brazil

• acid rain 
• environment
• deforestation
• atmosphere

How does the physical geography of Mexico make their smog situation worse?

• The dense urban population 
• It is surrounded by mountains, that traps in air pollutants
• The Amazon River filling with the pollution from factories
• The citizens of Mexico City having higher medical costs due to breathing bad air

Strict laws on emissions to lessen pollution were one of the solutions proposed by which country?

• Venezuela
• Brazil
• Cuba
• Mexico

Cattle ranching, road building, and the development of new settlements were the cause of _____ in _______.

• Air Pollution/Brazil
• Oil Pollution/Mexico
• Air Pollution/Venezuela
• Deforestation/Brazil

The Sierra Madre Mountains trapped smog, created by _______ and ______, in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Car/Emissions/Factories
• Acid Rain/Over-Extraction
• Deforestation/People
• Inuit/Global Warming

Which is a problem associated with deforestation?

• increased carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming.
• more oxygen is available on the planet.
• Poor people earn money from selling trees.
• Native people have too much forest for their needs.

Who is the best Social Studies Teacher on our Team?

• Mr. Lambert
• Mrs. Nation
• Mrs. Andrews
• Ms. Wynn-Price