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4 th Six Weeks Test Review

This review highlights essential geographical features of Central and South America, including the economic impacts of the Panama Canal, the significance of the Amazon rainforest, and the cultures shaped by European colonization. It examines critical topics such as deforestation, water scarcity, and the region's unique landforms, including deserts, rivers, and mountains. Additionally, it explores the effects of trade agreements like NAFTA and the natural phenomena associated with the Ring of Fire. This overview serves to underscore the intricate relationship between geography and human activity.

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4 th Six Weeks Test Review

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  1. 4th Six Weeks Test Review

  2. A narrow waterway is a StraitExampleStrait of Gibraltar

  3. Items that are scarce tend to have an increase in price!(Diamonds, gold)

  4. The Pacific Ocean (West) and the Caribbean Sea (East)surround Central America.

  5. The Panama Canal helps with Transportation and Trade

  6. Rainforests help to Regulate the Earth’s climate.

  7. European colonization brought (Agriculture) (languages)(Religions)

  8. The Ring of Fire has Volcanos and Earthquakes

  9. Gauchos live on an area called the Pampas.

  10. An environmentalist wants to Preserve or protect rainforests.

  11. Deforestation makes the land unsuitable for agriculture.

  12. NAFTA Increases TRADE by lowering TAXES

  13. Deforestation damages the Earth’s Environment.Deforestation can affect theentire Earth.

  14. The largest desert is named the Sahara Desert(North Africa)The longest river in the world is the Nile River

  15. Africa has a problem of a lack of clean WATER

  16. Earth’s movement of its plates can create Valleys

  17. The Spanish defeated the Aztecs.

  18. Water is helpful for Transportation

  19. The USA built The Panama Canal

  20. People in Arid climates need A supply of Water

  21. Irrigate means to bring WATER to crops.

  22. Many tropical islands are controlled by foreign GOVERNMENTS

  23. North America has many of the World’s largest LAKES

  24. A high life expectancy means that someone will Live for a LONG TIME

  25. The Spanish had more advanced TECHNOLOGY

  26. An overseas territory owned by a foreign government is a COLONY

  27. The Aztecs lived in what today is MEXICO

  28. Chopping down jungle will eventually turn it into a DESERET

  29. Population density is how many PEOPLE live in a area.

  30. CHICKENSwere brought to the Americas from Africa.

  31. Farmers are chopping down rainforests for land to plant crops on.

  32. Deforestation makes the land unsuitable for AGRUCULTURE or (Farming)

  33. South America • Lake Maracaibo • Andes Mts. • Amazon River • Patagonia (Desert) • Pampas /Gauchos

  34. Africa • Nile River • Sahara (Desert) • Sahel (Grasslands) • Egypt

  35. North America • Lake Superior • Rockies (Mts.) • Miss. River • N.A.F.T.A. • Rio Grande/Rio Bravo • Maquiladoras

  36. Central America • Isthmus (Connects N & S America) • Panama Canal (Borders are Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea)

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