Test Review: Geography of the Caribbean and Latin America



Test Review: Geography of the Caribbean and Latin America

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| |2. Atacama Desert |

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| |3. Gulf of Mexico |

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| |4. Pacific Ocean |

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|4 |5. Caribbean Sea |

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| |6. Panama Canal |

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|Name what each number represents on the map | |

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| |1. Mexico |

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| |2. Peru |

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| |3. Brazil |

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| |4. Cuba |

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| |5. Chile |

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| |6. Columbia |

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|5 |7. Venezuela |

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| |8. Haiti |

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|Name what each number represents on the map | |

|What are the two primary languages of Latin America? |Spanish and Portuguese |

|What is a major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela? |Oil |

|What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today? |Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa |

|Venezuela’s environment is threatened by its ____? |oil production |

|Which countries are included in the term Latin America? |all countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean |

|Why are Spanish and Portuguese the main languages of Latin America? |People from Spain and Portugal colonized Latin America. |

|How does geography play a role in Mexico City’s air pollution problem? |It lies in a valley, surrounded by mountains, that traps in air pollutants over |

| |the city. |

|Venezuela is a world leader in the production of __? |oil |

|Latin America is ethnically diverse because of a blending of ______. |Indigenous Americans, Europeans, and Africans |

|Where do most Brazilians live? |along the eastern coast |

|The Panama Canal was built to ________? |provide a shortcut for trade |

|As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries|needs to import more products |

|such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ______. | |

|When a person is literate, that means that the person can ________? |read and write |

|The large amount of arable land is MOST helpful in which industry to Cuba? |farming |

|Which environmental problem is destroying the Amazon Rainforest? |Deforestation |

|Most Latin American cultures are a mix of European and ________ cultures. |Native American |

|What would be the MOST helpful to improve a country’s standard of living? |increasing the literacy rate |

|The Amazon Rainforest is located mainly in _____? |Brazil |

|Brazil’s language is primarily ________? |Portuguese |

|The Panama Canal is located _____ of South America. |North |

|______ has the highest population in Latin America. |Brazil |

|Haiti and Cuba are located in the _____? (HINT: water) |Caribbean Sea |

|Describe why Brazil is the 8th richest country in the world, but has such a large| |

|percentage of people living in poverty. | |

|Your paragraph needs to include: a topic sentence, 3-4 detail/support sentences | |

|and a concluding sentence. | |

Test Review: Geography of the Caribbean and Latin America

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|Name what each number represents on the map | |

|What are the two primary languages of Latin America? | |

|What is a major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela? | |

|What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today? | |

|Venezuela’s environment is threatened by its ____? | |

|Which countries are included in the term Latin America? | |

|Why are Spanish and Portuguese the main languages of Latin America? | |

|How does geography play a role in Mexico City’s air pollution problem? | |

|Venezuela is a world leader in the production of __? | |

|Latin America is ethnically diverse because of a blending of ______. | |

|Where do most Brazilians live? | |

|The Panama Canal was built to ________? | |

|As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries| |

|such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ______. | |

|When a person is literate, that means that the person can ________? | |

|The large amount of arable land is MOST helpful in which industry to Cuba? | |

|Which environmental problem is destroying the Amazon Rainforest? | |

|Most Latin American cultures are a mix of European and ________ cultures. | |

|What would be the MOST helpful to improve a country’s standard of living? | |

|The Amazon Rainforest is located mainly in _____? | |

|Brazil’s language is primarily ________? | |

|The Panama Canal is located _____ of South America. | |

|______ has the highest population in Latin America. | |

|Describe why Brazil is the 8th richest country in the world, but has such a large| |

|percentage of people living in poverty. | |

|Your paragraph needs to include: a topic sentence, 3-4 detail/support sentences | |

|and a concluding sentence. | |

Test Review: Geography of the Caribbean and Latin America

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|Physical |1A. Sierra Madre Mountains |

|9 13 |1B. Mexico |

| |2. Atacama Desert |

| |3. Gulf of Mexico |

| |4. Pacific Ocean |

| |5. Caribbean Sea |

| |6. Panama Canal |

| |7. Peru |

|4 8 |8. Brazil |

| |9. Cuba |

| |10. Chile |

| |11. Columbia |

|2 |12. Venezuela |

| |13. Haiti |

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| |Describe why Brazil is the 8th richest country in the world, but has such a large|

| |percentage of people living in poverty. |

| |Include: a topic sentence, 3-4 detail/support sentences and a concluding |

| |sentence. |

|What are the two primary languages of Latin America? |Spanish and Portuguese |

|What is a major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela? |Oil |

|What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today? |Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa |

|Venezuela’s environment is threatened by its ____? |oil production |

|Which countries are included in the term Latin America? |all countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean |

|Why are Spanish and Portuguese the main languages of Latin America? |People from Spain and Portugal colonized Latin America. |

|How does geography play a role in Mexico City’s air pollution problem? |It lies in a valley, surrounded by mountains, that traps in air pollutants over |

| |the city. |

|Venezuela is a world leader in the production of __? |oil |

|Latin America is ethnically diverse because of a blending of ______. |Indigenous Americans, Europeans, and Africans |

|Where do most Brazilians live? |along the eastern coast |

|The Panama Canal was built to ________? |provide a shortcut for trade |

|As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries|needs to import more products |

|such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ______. | |

|When a person is literate, that means that the person can ________? |read and write |

|The large amount of arable land is MOST helpful in which industry to Cuba? |farming |

|Which environmental problem is destroying the Amazon Rainforest? |Deforestation |

|Most Latin American cultures are a mix of European and ________ cultures. |Native American |

|What would be the MOST helpful to improve a country’s standard of living? |increasing the literacy rate |

|The Amazon Rainforest is located mainly in _____? |Brazil |

|Brazil’s language is primarily ________? |Portuguese |

|The Panama Canal is located _____ of South America. |North |

|______ has the highest population in Latin America. |Brazil |

Test Review: Geography of the Caribbean and Latin America

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| |Describe why Brazil is the 8th richest country in the world, but has such a large|

| |percentage of people living in poverty. |

| |Include: a topic sentence, 3-4 detail/support sentences and a concluding |

| |sentence. |

|What are the two primary languages of Latin America? | |

|What is a major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela? | |

|What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today? | |

|Venezuela’s environment is threatened by its ____? | |

|Which countries are included in the term Latin America? | |

|Why are Spanish and Portuguese the main languages of Latin America? | |

|How does geography play a role in Mexico City’s air pollution problem? | |

|Venezuela is a world leader in the production of __? | |

|Latin America is ethnically diverse because of a blending of ______. | |

|Where do most Brazilians live? | |

|The Panama Canal was built to ________? | |

|As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries| |

|such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ______. | |

|When a person is literate, that means that the person can ________? | |

|The large amount of arable land is MOST helpful in which industry to Cuba? | |

|Which environmental problem is destroying the Amazon Rainforest? | |

|Most Latin American cultures are a mix of European and ________ cultures. | |

|What would be the MOST helpful to improve a country’s standard of living? | |

|The Amazon Rainforest is located mainly in _____? | |

|Brazil’s language is primarily ________? | |

|The Panama Canal is located _____ of South America. | |

|______ has the highest population in Latin America. | |

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