Latin America: Loose Ends and Whatnot

In Latin America, most of the countries are quite ____.They are what we would called ____ nations because they are still mainly agricultural based and do not have a great deal of money per person, or ____ income.They also usually have high ____ rates and high ____ rates.They also have a great deal of ____ dying which causes women to have a great deal of babies.Today many people in Latin America try to go to the ____ cities in order to make money.When they get their they find that there are not ____ or ____ for them.They have to move to ____ towns.In Brazil they are called ____ and there are great deals of ____ and ____ in these areas.These areas were just built up on unused land.They did not have ____ or ____ until the government finally realized they were not going to ____.

• Latin America is becoming more ____ and ____ on other countries.• The best example of these two ideas is the North American Free Trade Agreement, or ____.• This is a deal between the countries of the US, Canada, and Mexico that eliminates ____ on

goods crossing the borders.• Also, many companies are now starting to build businesses in Latin America to take

advantage of cheap ___ and ____.• There are problems however where the ____ is being polluted and the people work in ____

conditions.• However, more ____ and ____ is being pumped into Latin America because of the project.• Many people in Latin America have a view that their culture is better than others which is

called ethno_____.• They view their culture through a specific cultural ____ which does not recognize the

importance and difference of other ____.• One example of this is that many people from ____ believe they are better than

Guatemalans and there is a great deal of racism in many Amazon countries that have populations of ____ and ____.

• Satellite technology has greatly affected Latin America by making it easier to ___ and ___.

• There are no roads in many places in the Amazon and other jungles and ___ helps people locate where they are going.

• Also the use of ____ phones help people communicate wherever they are located in Latin America.

• Also, GIS has been improved so countries can better plan for certain events like ___ and ____ and ____ which is what Brazil is getting in a few years.

• El Nino is a weather pattern that brings ____ water to South America.

• In a response to this there is a great deal of ___ that is brought to Latin America.

• With all the rain ____ die, and there are ____slides, and massive floodings.

• Also, there are many ____ that spawn up in the Pacific Ocean which make things even worse in El Nino years.

• The reasons why there is a great deal of landslides is because there was been ____.

• With the cutting of it down the earth just ____.

• Finally, Haiti had the bad ____ in the past few years.• Many countries from around the world gave ____ to the

people to help them out.• However, there was a great deal of people that were still

able to ___ and ___ but because of the aid coming in they were forced into ____.

• This happened because the aid gave ___ food while they were ___ theirs.

• This would be a ____ effect of globalization.