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Worksheetscontemporary issues in Latin America
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is poverty?
Having a great deal of money or assets.
a very large quantity of something.
Not having enough money to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.
What are some things that many Latin Americans have struggled with for a long time?
Wars, gangs, and government corruption.
Limited resources, jobs, education, and healthcare.
Extreme population growth, abundance of jobs, and limited healthcare.
Latin America has a long history of unequal distribution of what?
Wealth because the majority of people in the region are extremely poor peasants, while a handful of people enjoy a high class lifestyle.
Crops because the majority of the people in the region did not receive their daily amount of crops.
Military power because the majority of the countries in Latin America suffer from drug cartels.
In order to escape the cycle of poverty, many People in Latin America do what?
Many families leave the region in order to find better economic opportunities in other places such as the U.S.
Many families start selling local crops to other countries.
Many families start woking extra hours at their jobs.
People join the illegal drug trade in order to make money to provide for their families.
What have some Latin American countries done to improve the poverty in their countries?
Mr. Rivas saved Latin America.
Investments in education (human capital).
Created jobs for the people.
What is the war on Drugs?
Cartel warfare
Wars caused the drug trade in Latin America.
The U.S. government's attempt to stop illegal drug manufacturing and trafficking by going after the suppliers.
Why has it been so difficult to stop the drug trade in Latin America?
Areas are largely rural and underdeveloped.
Government corruption
resistance from Latin American civilians.
What have cartels done to continue moving illegal Drugs throughout Latin America?
Drug cartels have stopped moving illegal drugs.
The cartels just move to another area.
Drug cartels use violence.
High poverty rates, the war on drugs, lack of a strong education system, and limited job availability has caused many people to do what?
migrate to the US.
Live in poverty.
People started creating job opportunities.
What has impacted Latin American countries from thriving economically?
People migrating to the U.S
Gangs and drug violence
Job opportunities
