Latin America Geography

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Across
  1. 4. Name the country: US is a major export partner, cities are built inland to avoid hurricanes and other natural disasters, petroleum is a major export.
  2. 5. Mexico City's geography is an issue because it sits in a ____________ shaped valley.
  3. 7. The industry that is the biggest reason for deforestation in Brazil.
  4. 8. _____________ and Portuguese and the languages spoken in Latin America
  5. 10. Mexico's top trade partner and northern neighbor
  6. 12. Ocean off the east coast of South America and east of the Caribbean.
  7. 13. The ______________ river is the second longest in the world.
  8. 15. Ocean one might see to the west if standing on the Andes Mountains
  9. 17. Man made canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans
  10. 18. Name the country: most people live on the coast, South America’s largest country, major export is coffee
  11. 21. Name the country: An island, hurricanes, old cars, communist
  12. 22. ______________ America is home to features such as the Amazon rainforest, Andes Mountains, and the Atacama desert.
Down
  1. 1. The Amazon ______________ is home to millions of species of animals
  2. 2. ____________ tests are one way the Mexican government has tried to solve it's air pollution isses.
  3. 3. _____________ from cars, trucks, and factories is the biggest cause of air pollution in Mexico City.
  4. 6. ___________ America is a region made up of Mexico, Central America, and Latin America.
  5. 9. Cuba's biggest threat annually from it's environment.
  6. 11. Cuba is the largest island in the ____________________ sea.
  7. 14. Type of pollution that is Mexico City's environmental issue.
  8. 16. driest desert in the world
  9. 19. Longest Mountain chain in the world
  10. 20. Nickname of the Amazon rainforest, "____________ of the world".