Chapter 10 Lesson 1

1. The basis of most Latin American Country's economies is agriculture and trade.

2. Latin America's economically dependent state has several causes and consequences. A few of the causes are unevenly distributed farmland, economic inequality and the dependence on export products. Causes usually come with consequences. Some of those consequences consist of risking the countries economy by a drought, a flood or a volcanic eruption which would destroy their two export products and lead into a great hardship.

Chapter 10 Lesson 2

1. Latin America's forest resources have been affected by development for many years. It has been affected by the process of deforestation or the clearing/destruction of forests.

2. By the growth of Latin America's urban population, the posed challenges consist of exceeding the available resources, extremely high air pollution levels and unsanitary cities. They are posed because they are the greatest challenges that are reoccuring today damaging Latin America's infrastructure and natural resources.

Creative Writings:

1. There are several advantages and disadvantages of the North American Free Trade Agreement for Mexico. A few of the advantages consist of: 1) reducing the trade restrictions, 2) boosted the level or amount of exported goods, 3) increased the international investment, and lastly 4) it created new jobs. To balance out the numerous advantages, there are disadvantages that include: 1) unemployment to lower-paid Mexican workers, 2) electricity costs are higher, 3) and it doesn’t benefit the poor.

2. Since there are several Latin American regional and international challenges that have an impact outside their specific region, I chose the most significant. The two I chose are Industrial Pollution and Disputed Borders. The disputation of the borders is significant because it has been reoccurring over the last 150 years with conflicts over region locations and rights to valuable resources; which have lead to border wars. Industrial Pollution is significant because the agreement and firms have increased the growth of industries in several countries, but have lead to increasing pollution levels consisting of fertilizer chemicals “run-off”&pesticides that can possibly damage health or endanger civilian lives of the people of Mexico.