SOUTH AM. CENTRAL AMERICA Caribbean Islands Mexico

Row 1, Col 1 RETURN Activities have contributed To the deforestation in the Amazon River Basin. What is construction of highways, clearing for settlements, ranches, commercial use of trees and lumber?

1,2 People opposed to those governments who have organized armed movements outside the regular army What are guerrillas? RETURN

1,3 What are the physical forces that Shaped the two types of Islands Caribbean.? Volcanoes and Coral RETURN

1,4 The major religion of the Spanish colonies and Brazil? What is Roman Catholicism? RETURN

2,1 Why do many Brazilians suffer from poverty? Because many Brazilians live in the serato and few can afford expensive farm equipment. RETURN

2,2 The main ethnic groups In Central Amercia? What are Indians, Europeans, Mestizos, and people of African descent RETURN

2,3 Type the answer for 2,3 here. (Type the question for 2,3 here.)? RETURN

2,4 The second largest city in the world? What is Mexico City RETURN

3,1 What countries rank among the world’s leading coffee producers? Brazil and Colombia RETURN

3,2 A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas What is an isthmus RETURN

3,3 What are the main economic activities in the Caribbean islands. Agriculture and Tourism RETURN

3,4 The artificial watering Of farmland. What is irrigation? RETURN

4,1 What changes took place under Spanish and Portuguese rule? Native America civilizations were destroyed, NA were enslaved, Africans were introduced as slaves, a strict social structure was set up RETURN

4,2 A group of islands. What is an Archipelago? RETURN

4,3 A steep cliff between two levels. What is an escarpment? RETURN

4,4 A strip of land sticking out into the ocean. What is a peninsula? RETURN

5,1 The two most densely Populated countries of Latin Am. What are Mexico and Brazil? RETURN

5,2 Islands that face the wind and get a lot of rain. What are windward islands? RETURN

5,3 Interior plain. What is a serato RETURN

5,4 Factories along the Mexican border with the US that assemble products for sale in the US What is a maquiladora? RETURN