Unit 3: Latin America

_____________ are Brazilian savannas with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make them suitable for farming.

The _________ is the northernmost river system of South America.

Much of the Amazon rain forest is located in Brazil.

Brazil has the largest territory and the largest population of any country in Latin America.

The first independence movement in Latin America began as a slave revolt in the Caribbean in ___________.

Reggae developed in _____________ in the 1960s.

__________ is the capital of Brazil.

From the 1930s to the 1980s, Latin American countries were marked by especially brutal authoritarian regimes that used torture, murder and the "disappearance" of political dissidents to control society.

For almost fifty years, the Somoza family treated Nicaragua like their own private estate.

Who is the current dictator of Nicaragua?