CHAPTER 5: GEOGRAPHY I

Plants and animals og an ecosystem...

• depend on each other

• live in areas separated by water

• cannot survive in dry conditions

• never change from season to season

The name Latin America refers to...

• islands

• languages

• music

• dance

What lie east of the Andes mountains?

• mangrove swaps

• active volcanoes

• saltwater grasses

• llanos

Insurgents in Colombia have been...

• fighting a civil war

• moving the country toward socialism

• voting for public officials

• favoring the United States

In what kind of democracy does legislature make laws?

• oppositional democracy

• direct democracy

• referendum democracy

• representative democracy

Where does terraced farming occur?

• at different elevations

• in coastal ares

• in tropical rainforests

• bisides Lake Maracaibo

What landforms can be found in the Andes?

• savannas

• deserts

• plains

• cordilleras

What environmental problem results from draining oil that had been underground?

• subsidence

• channels

• conservation

• processing

Climate zone describes an area´s:

• distance from the Equator

• temperature and precipitations

• closeness to water

• landforms and waterways

Reforestation is a way to fight problems caused by...

• oil draining

• agro-tourism

• logging

• insecticides