GSE SS6G2 - Environment of Latin America

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capital city of Mexico where air pollution is a major environmental concern

• Cancun
• Mexico City
• Guadalajara
• Monterrey 

What is the largest enviromental concern for Mexico City?

• Smog / Air Pollution
• Extraction of Natural Resources
• Deforestation
• Over-production of Oil (spills/ leaks)

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

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

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destruction or loss of forests; this is an environmental issue in Brazil

• acid rain 
• environment
• deforestation
• atmosphere

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the cutting down of trees; this is destroying the Amazon Rainforest

• building
• construction
• logging
• erosion

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

Air pollution is a major cause of respiratory illnesses in Mexico City.

• True

• False

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the large tropical rain forest mostly in Brazil through which the Amazon River runs; its destruction is an environmental issue in Brazil

• Daintree Rainforest 
• Southeast Asian Rainforest 
• Amazon Rainforest
• Cloud Forest