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PoliticalFeatures
PhysicalFeatures
EnvironmentalIssues Countries Potluck
This country borders the United States of America…
Mexico
This country is the largest of the
islands in the Caribbean…
Cuba
This country is the largest country in South America…
Brazil
This skinny country is the southern most country in Central
America...
Panama
This country runs along the
southwestern coast of South America…
Chile
This body of water borders Mexico
directly to the east…
Gulf of Mexico
There are 3 chains of this mountain range that lies in
Mexico…
Sierra Madre Mountains
This body of water flows across
northern Brazil into Peru…
The Amazon River
This body of water lies directly north of Colombia and south
of the islands of Cuba and Haiti….
Caribbean Sea
This physical feature lies in Northern
Chile, between the Pacific Ocean and
Andes Mtns…
Atacama Desert
This is Mexico City’s biggest environmental
concern…
Air pollution
Venezuela’s major environmental concern is…
Oil-related pollution
How does Mexico City’s location/geography
worsen it’s air pollution…?
Mexico City is in a valley, and the Sierra
Madre Mtns trap pollution from exiting
the city
The people of Venezuela continue to produce and
sell oil even though it hurts the environment
because…
Oil is a MAJOR source of income for
the people
Deforestation is killing the Amazon Rainforest. Define
deforestation…
The removal of trees from a certain
area…
Brazil’s main language is…
Portuguese
This Caribbean island has a communist
government…
Cuba
This country has the highest population on any country in Latin
America…
Brazil
Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela all have
what type of government…
Democracy
Mexico and Venezuela both benefit from
producing this natural resource…
Oil
A large majority of Cuba’s land is arable land. Arable land is
good for…
Farming or Agriculture
The Amazon Rainforest is located
mostly in…
Brazil
List the 3 regions that make up Latin
America…
1 – Mexico & Central America2 – Caribbean Islands3 – South America
Why is the Panama Canal so important…?
It provides a shortcut for trade, and connects the
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
The majority of Brazilians live where
in Brazil…
Along the east or southeast coast