Review Questions

1) What crop did settlers first grow in Brazil and what effect did it have on the makeup of the population?
Sugar cane. It brought in African slaves and made the natives disappear.

2)How do Brazil’s rivers contribute to its wealth?
Hydroelectric power is a huge part so there for the rivers would play an important roll.
  3)How large is Brazil’s economic power?
Its the 7th largest

4)What is Brazil’s religion and language?
Catholics and they speak portuguese

5)What have been some obstacles to democratic government in South America?
Underdeveloped economy, poverty, and a huge class gap

6)What is South America’s greatest economic success story (other than Brazil)?
Chile, the educate their people so their literary rater are high and they are a huge export for minerals and food.

7)Who were the Inca?
They were the natives. They built really large buildings way up in the mountains, they also had a great road system near Peru.

8)What major groups blended into the area of the Caribbean?
Africans because of the slaves, European, and the Native people.

9)What are some major sources of income in the economies of Central America and the Caribbean?
Tourism, commercial farming, and trade.

10)What are some forms of music that have evolved in the region of the Caribbean?
Reggae and Calypso

11)Why is the Panama Canal important?  How did it come into existence?
Ships can go through the Americas instead of around. The United States encouraged a revolution and America the Panama Canal.

12)What is the largest city in Mexico?  In South America?  In the World?
Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Tokyo

13)What is the most important part of Mexico’s economy today?
Agriculture

14)How have the Andes Mountains affected settlement in South America?
It pushes people to the east coast.

15)Why is the Amazon river important?
It is a good trade route and it moves more water then the next seven largest river combined.

16)What two countries does the Orinoco River drain?
Venezuela and Columbia

17)What is the dominant vegetation of the Amazon river basin?
Rainforest

18)What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of tourism to the South American community?
There is an increase in jobs, but company owners don't live in South America so the money doesn't stay there. More land is destroyed to build more things, which also means more pollution. There is still that big gap between rich and poor too.