Location, Climate, and Natural

Resources of
Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, & Cuba
Directions: Fill in the chart below with information from the Location, Climate, &
Natural Resources PowerPoint.

Mexico Brazil Cuba

 south of the *Brazil is located in * 90 miles south of
___________________ northeastern ____________ ________, in the
 located between major bodies *shares a border with nearly Caribbean Sea
Location

of water: ________ country in South

o great for America!
_____________
o can easily ______ goods
around the world
Climate varies according to *Location on the • Subtropical Climate
location: ___________gives it the
Climate

• Coastal Mexico climate needed to support • target for

________________
• interior
_______________________
• ___________in the north
_________is one of the top
Natural Resources
one of the world’s largest ________________
rainforests. •
*Mostly ________________.
o Only 7% of Brazil’s land o The island’s major

exports: is arable - leads the natural resources

• ______________ industries are world in __________ include
major employers production. __________________
• It is one of the world’s top o oranges, papayas, sugar o 28% of Cuba’s land is
producers of cane, and soybeans arable
_____________________. o __________ from o Tourism is a fast-
• ___________ is also a major Amazon Rain forest growing industry
industry.
Where • Most Cubans live in
People Most people live in o most ___________ the nation’s
Live __________ Mexico: country in Latin America _________Urban
o ________ farmland with o Most of Brazil’s areas where ________
enough rain to grow crops population is found in the jobs
o 23% work in ___________________ are present - especially
__________________ sugar cane refining
o manufacturing centers provide o 80% live within 200
______ urban: miles of the
_______________ ____________ o _____major seaports
o rural: 23%
 o new and old industries
o 7 major
________________________
o exports: _______,
manufactured goods, silver,
Trade _________, vegetables,
_____________, & cotton
o exports: ______,
o 7 major _____________ nickel, _______, fish,
o Amazon Rainforest medical products,
attracts many visitors citrus, coffee
o _________ is Brazil’s o tourism
largest trading partner

Location, Climate, and Natural Resources of

Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, & Cuba
Directions: Fill in the chart below with information from the Location, Climate, & Natural Resources
PowerPoint.

Mexico Brazil Cuba

 south of the
___________________
 located between major bodies of
Location

water:
o great for
_______________
o can easily ______ goods
around the world
Climate
Resources
Natural

Where
People
Live
Trade