Final Exam Review 2022

The Warm War was the years-long conflict between the USSR & the USA where weapons were built and used to threaten war

Large island that is east of Mexico

How did the Triangle Slave Trade impact the culture of Latin America

Andean Region is not a major production hub for cocaine

The Panama Canal was built to help make trade and travel easier

Providing technology training for employees is an example of human capital

How does the USA's demand for narcotics impact the Latin American drug trade

Two main languages of Latin America

One way that Mexico is improving their air quality

Reasons that deforestation is increasing in the Amazon

Who was president of the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Why is Brazil the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world

A mountain is not an example of a physical trade barrier

What city in Latin America would you want to avoid if you had problems with asthma

Name of the large, arid region in Chile

Ocean that is west of Mexico

Arid means dry

to leave one country and move to another country

Because of the Columbian Exchange, new ethnic groups were created

to move to a country where you weren't born

Refusing to trade with another country

I am going to study my "FINAL COUNTDOWN" to prepare for my SS final

Which states would have the highest Latino population

People who take a risk to start a business

Further blending of ethnic groups was a result of Africans coming to the New World & settling during the Triangle Trade

A tax on imported goods

Aborigines came from Africa or Asia 100 years ago

Type of economic system that Cuba has

If you were swimming in the Coral Sea, you would go _______ to get to Uluru

The Panama Canal was built because people thought that it would make a nice addition to the area

Mexico lies on a plateau surrounded by mountains that trap in air pollutants over the city

What disease had a devastating effect on Latin Americans

What new languages were introduced in Latin America because of the Columbian Exchange

The Caribbean Sea is loacted to the North of S. America and holds many small islands

Most people in Australia live near the

If the country's literacy rate drops, the country's standard of living goes higher

Major effects of deforestation in the Amazon

The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the USA put missiles in Cuba

Cuba's government is Communist Autocracy

Name of the mountain ranges that run down both the east & west coasts of Mexico

Brazil shares a border with ten other countries

combination of private and government control

Urban means countryside; rural means city

What language family do Portuguese and Spanish come from

The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba

Great Barrier Reef is a physical feature off the NE coast of Australia that is 1,200 miles long

Factors that influence where people choose to live in Latin America

Sets the prices in a market economy

Columbia borders Brazil & Panama

Brazil does not share a border with ten other countries

Clear cutting, slash and burn & mineral extracting are not major causes of deforestation in the Amazon

What type of government controls every aspect of society: money, land & crops

Castro wasn't responsible for taking control of Cuba and enforcing a communist government

Mexico & Brazil have a presidential democracy

Old World: Europe, Asia & Africa; New World: North and South America

Who led the Cuban Revolution in 1959

NAFTA was not the agreement where the USA, Mexico, and Canada agreed to trade without tariffs