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| What 3 island groups make up the Caribbean Islands? |
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| the mountainous core, the Caribbean lowlands, and the Pacific coastal plain. |
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| What economic activities does the caribean region rely on? |
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| Where is the Panama Canal? Why is it significant? |
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| it is a short cut for ships so that they dont have to sail all the way around south America, it is in the Country of Panama. |
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| an area drained by a river and its tributaries. |
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| Brazilian rubber tapper,unionist and environmental activist. |
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| a Portuguese word meaning "poor community". |
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| a business that provides a service, such as hotels and resturaunts. |
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| What has Brazil done to try and reduce poverty? |
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| make money from the resources in the rainforest and the land. |
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| What are some of the threats to tropical rainforests? Why is the future of this region important to people outside of Brazil? |
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| cutting and burning,settlement and modernization. about 1/3 of the earths oxygen comes from the amazon rainforest and many rare animals are found only in that rainforest. |
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| What do you think the best solution to rainforest deforestization? |
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| those who can preserve the rainforest should stay, those whoo can't preserve it should leave. |
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| one person in a country who has absolute power. |
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| a grassland region in Argentina and Uruguay. |
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| a related set of separate mountain ranges. |
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| a cowboy who herds cattle in the pampas. |
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| a flooded river valley at the wide mouth of a river; an inlet, or arm of the sea, where freshwater river currents meet saltwater. |
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| What valuable natural resources does Venezuela have? |
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| What 2 elements make up a larger part of Columbia's economy? |
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| coffee and drugs(marajuana and cocain) |
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Give one fact about the 3 regions:
The Guianas
The Andean Region
Southern Grassland countries... |
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share tropical wet climate, vast stretch of rainfoest, narrow coastal plain
the capital city Caracas is located in this region
they flood between April and December. |
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| selling of state run companies and property to private owners. |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement.joins canada u.s. and mexico in a giant free trade zone. |
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| agreement to lowertarriff barriers on regional trade and to take other steps to integrate thier ecomemies. |
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| replacing imported goods with products made by national industries. |
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| What effect did devaluation have on the mexican econimy? |
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| helped mexicos balance of trade, making imports more expensive and exports cheaper.But it also reduced the dollar value of envestments and saving in mexico. |
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| What effect is logging having on the Brazilian rainforset? |
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| endangers global environment,leaves land barren and useless,harms animals, pushes native off their land, destroys 1/3 of the earths oxygen source. |
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