Latin America Geography, Climate, Location GSE

What physical feature is highlighted on the map?

• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Atacama Desert
• Amazon River
• Panama Canal

What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?

• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Andes Mountains
• Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Mexico

What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?

• Amazon River
• Atacama Desert
• Andes Mountains
• Caribbean Sea

Air pollution is a major environmental concern in which of the following places in Latin America?

• Mexico City
• Brazil
• Venezuela
• Bolivia

Coal burning factories and vehicle emissions is the primary cause of _____________________ in Latin America.

• air pollution
• oil pollution
• cutting down trees
• people migrating to urban areas

Deforestation, or cutting down trees, is a major environmental issue in which of the following Latin American countries?

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Venezuela
• Germany

Which of the following regions make up Latin America?

• Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
• Canada, United States, and Mexico
• South America
• Portugal and Spain

How does geography impact the standard of living of people in Mexico?

• The most population lives in the northern desert areas of Mexico.
• The coasts are sparsely populated because of pollution.
• The valley between the mountains traps pollution from blowing away.
• The city can view the mountains quite easily.

Which environmental issue is MOST LIKELY the focus of Brazil's government?

• Oil pollution in the river
• Air pollution causing cancer
• Deforestation and increasing clear cutting 
• Over-extraction of natural resources from mines

To reach the Pacific Coast from the Atlantic Coast of the United States, travelers could go either on a long overland journey or on an ocean trip around South America. A waterway was created in 1914 to shorten this journey called the -

• Panama Canal

• Strait of Magellan

• The Amazon River and Basin

• Caribbean Sea