1. Maps of Cut-Away Boxes BY: RICARDO MELCHOR

2. Amazon Rain Forest The Amazon Rain Forest is very important to South America’s economy because of the amount of products that it produces like bananas, oranges, grapefruit, rubber, chocolate, and lumber.

3. El Nino and La Nina El Nino and LA Nina effect the environment in many ways. These weather patterns are mostly bad because they cause flooding, mudslides, reduces output by fishing industry.

4. Panama canal Its important because it cuts trough the bridge that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean. This is good economically because of importing and exporting that gives the countries cash. The canal is politically important because countries would fight for it.

5. Caribbean islands The main economic importance for the Caribbean island is tourism because of all the unique sites that they have to offer.

6. El Nino and La Nina The El Nino effects are mostly bad because they cause floods, landslides, and horrible weather.