Environmental Concerns of Latin America

Mexico City has issues with which environmental problem?

• acid rain
• deforestation
• air pollution

What of the following is not a solution Mexico is using to control air pollution?

• using cleaner burning fuels
• encouraging people to use buses
• stricter emissions laws
  
• closing the Panama Canal

The removal of trees by people are a result of logging or pollution is called ___________.

• smog
• deforestation
• emissions
• clear cutting

Deforestation is a problem for what Latin American country?

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Venezuela
• Panama

Why is deforestation in the Amazon Rain Forest a problem for the rest of the world?

• It provides 1/3 of the world's oxygen.
• It contains many species of plants and animals.
• It is the largest rain forest in the world.
• all of the these

Tourism is not a major industry for Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico.

• True

• False

In all of these Latin American countries- Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico- most people live ______________.

• on the coast

• in the mountains

• in rural areas

• in urban areas

In all of these Latin American countries- Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico- there are areas that have a tropical climate.

• True

• False

In all of these Latin American countries- Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico, - there are major seaports to trade goods with other countries.

• True

• False

• in urban areas

Most people live in urban areas of Latin America because______________.

• There are more jobs there.
• There is more farm land there.
• These areas are cleaner than other areas.
• The government wants them to live there.