Main Ideas pg. 247 and #4

A. What are some of the important resources of the rain forest?
Some important resources of the rain forest are exotic animals and plants that can hold cures to illness like cancer. (or medicinal plants.) Trees are also an important resource for they get a lot of carbon from the atmosphere.

B. What are some of the costs of the destruction of the rain forest?
Some of the costs of the destruction of the rain forest can be no fertil land. When farmers start destroying rain forests, the soil doesn't stay fertile for long, therefore when the soil is no longer good, the farmers move on to other ground; leading to more carbon in the atmosphere and no more rain forest.

C. What are some factors that might slow destruction of the rain forest?
Governments not allowing their economy to develope even more until there is some kind of balance restored or brought. Governments buying rain forest lands to save and persevere the forest (debt-for-nature-swap). No more farming on rain forest lands or any forest for that matter. No cutting down of the trees in the rain forests.

4. What might happen to the rain forest in the future?
There may be no more rain forests in the future, I say this because cutting down rain forests is like how we go fishing. It's already proven that by the year 2050 that there will be no fish at all, so I'm guessing if not that year then earlier that year we will have no more rain forests, then we would move on to plain forests and pretty soon after that no more trees! No trees to collect carbon from the atmosphere, therefore putting a higher risk of global warning even higher. God will not save us people! Pretty soon it would me like Dr. Sesus's book the Lorax. Save the trees people and save earth!

Questions for Review (for quiz on chapters 9-10

1)   What crop did settlers first grow in Brazil and what effect did it have on the makeup of the population? Sugar cane and causes most settlement in Brazil to be on the coast.

2)   How do Brazil’s rivers contribute to its wealth?
     Hydroelectric power.

3)   How large is Brazil’s economic power?
      Brazil is 7th in the world.

4)   What is Brazil’s religion and language?

      Brazil's population is mostly Catholic and the language is Portuguese.

5)   What have been some obstacles to democratic government in South America?

      Underdelevop economic, a lot of provetry, and a huge gap between rich and poor. 

6)   What is South America’s greatest economic success story (other than Brazil)?

      Chile, because they educate their people (lietarcy rate high), and good exports of goods.

7)   Who were the Inca?

      Descendants of people who may have crossed a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska.

8)   What major groups blended into the area of the Caribbean?
      African (because of the slaves) and European along with Native people.

9)   What are some major sources of income in the economies of Central America and the Caribbean? Tourism, exporting goods, gold and silver, and commerical farming.

10)                   What are some forms of music that have evolved in the region of the Caribbean? African , Spain, Caribbean music. (Reggae and Calypso)

11)                   Why is the Panama Canal important?  How did it come into existence?
                 Huge economic money maker, and makes trade and transportion a lot more quicker. Panama Canal came into existence due to U.S. winning the relvution and was rewarded with a 10 mille wide zone which was built into the Panama.

12)                   What is the largest city in Mexico?  In South America?  In the World?
                 Mexico=Mexico City, South America=Sane Poe, In the World=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?

                 Pushes people to the east coast.

15)                   Why is the Amazon river important?

               Good trade route, and moves more water than the seven largest rivers combined.

16)                  What two countries does the Orinoco River drain?

                Venezula and Cloumbia.

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

                Forest (Rain forests (trees))

18)                   What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of tourism to the South American community? Increase in jobs and differences between wealth and povtery, which causes slums of cities to appear. 

Review Questions (Main Ideas) 1-10 pg.214

Landforms and Resources (pg. 201-206)
1. How have the Andes Mountains affected settlement in South America?
The Andes Mountains are a barrier to movement into the interior, as a result more settlement has occurred along the eastern and northern coasts.

2. What are the two main purposes for which the plains and grasslands of the region are used?
Plains and grasslands are used for raising livestock and farming.

3. What are the three major island groups of the Caribbean?
The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and The Bahamas are the three major island groups of the Caribbean.

4. What Caribbean island is rich in natural gas, and what impact has this had on the economy?
The Greater Antilles is rich in natural gas, and as a result, The Greater Antilles's economy has had a huge impact on it's land, by earthquakes and air pulltuion.

Climate and Vegetation (pg. 207-209)
5. In what part of the region are savannas most common?
Savannas are most common in tropical climate zones. (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina)

6. How do the vertical climate zones of Latin America affect agriculture?
Each climate zones contains certain vegetation due to the climate. So farmers can grow different types of vegetation in certain climate temps.

7. What is the dominant vegetation of the Amazon river basin?
The dominant vegetation in the Amazon river basin is forests or rain forests.

Human-Environment Interaction (pg. 210-213)
8. What is the main disadvantage of the slash-and-burn method of growing crops?
The soil is no loner fertil and nothing can grow there anymore; trees are needed to get rid of carbon in the air so the more trees are burned down the more carbon is left in the air providing more global warning.

9. What factors tend to pull people into the cities from their farms?
The "pull" factors include higher-paying jobs, better schools, and better medical care.

10. What are some of the disadvantages of tourism in the region?
An obvious gap between rich tourists and less well-off local residents; this has produced resentment and hostility in places such as Jamaica in the Caribbean and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Governments can run up large public debts by borrowing money to build tourist facilities.

Southern Country: Chile

1) What climate zones and vegetation exists in your country?
Chile has mediterranean, marine west coast, and desert climate. 
The vegetation consists of low shrubs, small trees, forests, and savanna.

2) Explain the important resources of the area.  Also any river systems, mountain systems, or plains that run through your country.
Chile has abundle of copper, nittrate, and timber; land farming; the Loa longest river system in Chile.

3) What do most people in your country do for a living?
Most people who live in rural areas work in fruit or fishing industries.

4) What is the largest city?
Santiago is the largest city.

5) What is the capital city?
Santiago is the capital of Chile.

6) Find a map and paste it in your blog. 

Chile

  



7)Does your country face any problems - economy (think Bolivia) or environmental (Brazi

l) or other?  

Education kids can only go to school to fifth grade, deforestion, voilence, acid rain, air pollution, waste martials, and sewer problems.

Questions about Water and Latin America

1) What did you learn from the video?  Do you think its fair that a corporation can own a country's water? The idea of owning water in the first place is a stupid idea. That's like saying you own the sky or own the pinecones on the pine tree. Water is a natural resoucre and if anyone owns it, it's the Earth. You cannot own something that they whole world uses and put a price on it. Owning water is a stupid idea! If people are dying over this thought of owning water than our world is not worth saving!

2) Do you think the people of Bolivia had a right to react the way they did?
I feel they had every right to do what they did. In fact, if I were one of them I would do everything in my power to get the higher ups to realize that what they are doing is stupid and there's no common sense in it. People are dying over this matter of "owning water" water cannot be owned and people who do own water are nothing, but satan in suits!


3) How has geography affected settlement in Latin America?
Geography affect settlement in Latin America by helping South America republics win their independence from Spain.

4) Where are the Andres Mountains located?
The Andes Mountains are located in South America part of the chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America

5) What are the three major river systems in South America?
Orinoco River, Amazon River, and Parana River are the three major river systems in South America.

6) What river carries more water to the ocean than any other river in the world?
The Amazon river

7) What are the three major island groups in the Caribbean Islands?
The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and The Bahamas are the three major island groups in the Caribbean.

8) What are Llanos?
Lianos are grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing and farming.

9) What are three types of resources found in Latin America?
Mineral resources, energy resources, and forest resources are three types of resources found in Latin America.

10) What S. American country generates the most hydroelectric power and why?
Brazil is the South American country that generates the most hydroelectric power because of its many rivers and waterfalls.

11) What types of landforms are found in Latin America?
Mountains and highlands along with grassy fields are found in Latin America.

12) What is your favorite South American country?
Brazil is my favorite South American country, why? I don't know.