Question | Answer |
name given to the grassy, treeless plains of Columbia and Venezuela | llanos |
cattle grazing areas is known for its gaucho culture | pampas |
what has contributed to deforestation of the Amazon rain forest | clearing of land for hardwoods, farming, and cattle |
the Incas, Myans, and the Aztecs are considered cultural hearths because | ideas diffused from theer civilizations |
the Incas developed terrace farming and irrigation in the Andes Mountains. What theme of geography is that | HEI |
payment of debt for protection of part of the rain forest | debt for nature swap |
Brazil was colonized by the | Portuguese |
promotes trade between Mexico-US and Canada | Nafta |
war, religious persecution, and poor living condition are examples of | push factors |
a factory in Mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods for exports | Maquilladoras |
how did European colonization impact latin America | brought Spanish language and Catholicism to Latin America |
a variety of latitudes abd landforms causes a wide variety of _______ in Latin America | climates |
The Panama connects which two bodies of water | Atlantic Ocean abd Pacific Ocean |
the Panama Canal helped trade in North America by? | Shortening the trip from NY and San Francisco |
The mountain range in the western part of South America is called | Andes Mts |
the major river system in South America | Amazon Basin |
the Incas are the cultural hearth in what country of Latin America | Peru |
In Latin Ameirca the variety of elevtions effect the types of _______ that can be grown | crops |
the Columbian Exchange between Europe and the Americas is an example of | spatial diffussion |
Jamacian music that deals with social problems | reggae |
a festival in Brazil where people come together in the streets and dance the samba | Carnival |
Geography is the study of the distribution and interaction of Earth's _____ and ______ features | physical and human |
a port city where many resources are imported and exported is called a | break of bulk center |
goods found in the Amazon rainforest are at what level of the four economic sectors | primary |
why was Panama chosen as the place to build the canal? | it was the narrowest place to connect the two oceans |