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DAILY JOURNAL. Latin America #1-10. Daily Journal #1. Describe the RELATIVE location of 3 countries within Latin America. (3+). Daily Journal #2 . Describe the difference in how the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles were formed. (2+ each) Greater Antilles
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DAILY JOURNAL Latin America #1-10
Daily Journal #1 • Describe the RELATIVE location of 3 countries within Latin America. (3+)
Daily Journal #2 • Describe the difference in how the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles were formed. (2+ each) • Greater Antilles • Formed from volcanic mountains • The mountain peaks are the islands • Lesser Antilles • Coral, Sand and Sediment • Islands were formed over an extended period of time
Daily Journal #3 • Draw a picture to explain the difference between a windward and leeward side of an island.
Daily Journal #4 • Explain how the Sierra Madre Mountains impact air pollution in Mexico City? • The mountains block the air pollution on the plateau. • Wind patterns are not strong enough to blow the pollution away. • Over population and industrialization continue to worsen the problem.
Daily Journal #5 • Explain the economic significance of the Panama Canal. (4+) • Allowed for faster transportation of people and goods from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. • Allowed businesses to increase their profits by getting their goods to market faster.
Daily Journal #6 • Describe 4 key aspects of the Amazon River system. (4+) • 2nd Largest river in the world • Contains 20% of the world’s fresh water • Provides a transportation system • Provides fertile soil
Daily Journal #7 • Describe the 4 layers of the rainforest. • Emergent Layer - Tallest trees • Upper Canopy - dense top of trees in the Rainforest • Lower canopy - trunks of taller trees; little air movement, total shade • Forest floor - Completely shaded; few bushes or shrubs grow there
Daily Journal #8 • What are three results of deforestation? • Reduced soil fertilization • Mudslides and ozone depletion • Loss of habitat for birds and animals
Daily Journal #9 • What have been some direct environmental impacts of the oil industry in Venezuela? (4+) • Severe deforestation, oil spills and air pollution • Oil spills have hurt the fishing industry and closed tourist resorts • Contaminated oil pits (collect waste from oil wells) threaten to seep into the water supply • Air pollution results from the burning of fossil fuels
Daily Journal #10 • What are two primary indigenous groups in Latin America? • Aztec • Inca