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Geo Exam 3

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The storm with winds of at least 39 mph
Tropical storm
Person of mixed European and native American ancestry
Mestizo
Skeletons of tiny sea animals
Coral
Tropical storm with winds of at least 75 mph
Hurricane
Warm ocean current that alters weather patterns
EL Nino
Person of mixed African and European ancestry
Mulatto
Top layer of a rain forest
Canopy
In order to reduce for in control of business, Latin America leaders did which of the following?
Imposed regulations on foreign - owned companies.
Which of the following is the largest country in Latin America?
Brazil
Which of the following statements accurately reflects what occurred and most Latin American countries once they gained independence?
Economic and social systems remained largely unchanged.
All of the following countries border the Atlantic ocean except what?
Bolivia
All of the following are characteristics of the Amazon lowlands except
Frequent earthquake activity
Hurricane - prone areas and Latin America include countries that border all of the following except
The Pacific ocean
The climate of which of the following countries is almost entirely tropical wet?
Columbia
Which of the following statements reflects the location of large centers of population in Latin America?
Most border oceans
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