Latin America Flashcard

Front

Which country is home to the Amazon rainforest?

Back

Brazil

Front

Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?

Back

The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World

Front

What is an example(s) of ideas that were traded as part of the Columbian Exchange? Options: Religions, Political systems, Languages, All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

The movement of peoples, agricultural supplies, diseases, and cultures between the Old World and the New World

Back

Columbian Exchange

Tags

SS6H1

Front

The action of clearing a wide area of trees is called?

Back

deforestation

Front

The Amazon Rainforest helps convert ______________ into clean breathable air.

Back

carbon dioxide

Front

Trees
Options: take in carbon dioxide  and release oxygen, take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, take in oxygen and release oxygen, take in carbon dioxide and release carbon dioxide

Back

take in carbon dioxide  and release oxygen

Front

Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

Back

Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

Front

Without the canal, ships would have much ___ trips.

Back

longer

Front

What is the Panama Canal?

Back

A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama