Climates of Latin America

What environmental issue exists in Mexico City and how does the location of Mexico City increases this issue?

• A.  Mexico City has a problem with acid rain because It is south of the United States
• B.  The city has nuclear particles in the air because it is located near car making factories
• C.  The city has blackouts because smog surrounds the city too often
• D.  They have a problem with air pollution, and the city lies in a bowl-shaped valley

What are the main contributing factors of Mexico City’s air pollution problem?

• A.  High altitudes
• B.  Cars and factories
• C.  Acid Rain
• D.  Cars that produce no pollution

The Amazon produces 20 percent of which resource to the entire world?

• A.  Oxygen
• B.  Soybeans
• C.  Cocoa
• D.  Brazilian grapes

Venezuela’s oil production creates what problem?

• A.  Venezuela produces oil for America
• B.  Oil covers the school grounds in most parts of Venezuela
• C. Venezuela is more polluted than other South American Countries
• D.   The Caribbean Sea has been polluted with oil.

What country is most affected by deforestation?

• A.     Columbia
• B.     Brazil
• C.     Ecuador
• D.     Chile

^{_{From observing the map, what two small bodies of water are located to the east of Mexico?}}

• A.  Amazon River and Paraguay River
• B.  Panama Canal and South Atlantic Ocean
• C.  The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
• D.  The Parana and Panama Canal

^{_{This country is number 4 on the map. It is also the largest country in South America.}}

• A.  Brazil
• A.  Mexico
• A.  Columbia
• A.  Bolivia

^{_{What mountain range borders the entire western coast of South America?}}

• A.  Sierra Madre Mountains
• B.  Andes Mountains
• C.  Ural Mountains
• D.  Alps Mountains

A leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is

• A.     Mining
• B.     Air pollution
• C.     Cattle ranching
• D.     Tribal conflicts

Which problem does deforestation creates In Latin America?

• A.     Breathing air increases
• B.     Poor people get rich from selling trees
• C.     Brazilians have too much timber
• D. There is less forest to produce goods that humans need