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Latin America
Resources and landforms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The longest mountain range in the world | The Andes mountains |
| The most predominant religion in LA | Christianity |
| Who set up a communist state in cuba that still exists today | Fidel Castro |
| Two of the major export products of LA | oil and fruit |
| EL Nino takes place when | the temp at the pacific waters off of peruse coast are unusually warm |
| The US has tightened its controls along with Mexicos border to | reduce illegal immigration |
| the first president of chile | Michelle Bachelet |
| Argentinas chief exports are | Beef and _______ products |
| the Amazon river is the longest river in LA | stretching about 4000 miles and is used for fishing water resources and transportation |
| _________ is a Latin form of writing that combines fantastic events with the ordinary | Magic Realism |
| ___________ is replacing coffee, meat, and seafood as nicarauguas primary source of income | ecotourism |
| __________ is the worlds largest producer of emeralds | Colombia |
| ships use this to shorten travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans | the Panama Canal |
| _________ was LA's first civilization | the Olmec |
| The Amazon forest is shrinking due to | Mining, logging, farming, and deforestation but because of protection from economical development |
| _________ is known for its exporting copper | Chile |
| as LA developed there were three frequent political conflicts: | The role of religion in their society, boundary lines, and tensions between the rich and poor |
| some challenges faced by LA's growing cities are | Poverty, rising crime, and lack of sanitation but not abundant employment |
| _______________ is one of the worlds largest leading producers of oil and natural gas | Venezuela |