Where people live and trade- Latin America

Why do few people live in central and western Brazil?

• No waterways

• It is covered by the rain forest.

• No natural resources

• Too much pollution from factories

Which country has sugarcane, coffee, and oil as natural resources?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

Cuba lacks many mineral resources and goods that it needs to be successsful. What do they need to do to get the help they need?

• Make their people suffer.

• Start buliding factories to become self sufficient

• Import from other countries.

• Trade with the United States.

Whose major trading partner is the United States?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Colombia

Most people in Brazil live near the...

• mountains

• desert

• coastline

• rainforest

Due to the fact that part of Mexico is hot and dry with little rainfall, which part of Mexico is sparlesly populated?

• southern

• northern

• central

• eastern

What are the reasons that a country might be densly populated?

• There are deserts.

• There is a water source, like a river or ocean.

• There are natural resources available.

• The climate in moderate/mild.

What island country is located in the Carribean Sea?

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Brazil

• Cuba

Which country has the majority of their population living within 200 mies of the Atlantic ocean?

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Peru

• Brazil

Which country has fishing as an important industry?

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Dominican Republic