Geography of the Developing World

Panama

• Panama also has the world's second largest free trade zone, the COLON Free Trade Zone at the mouth of the Atlantic side of the canal.
• The trip through the Panama Canal from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean will take a little less than one DAY.

Haiti and Mexico

• Haiti is classified as a(n) LOW economy by the UN.
• Mexico is classified as a(n) UPPER MIDDLE economy by the UN.

Latin America and the Caribbean

• By 2050, the population of Latin America and the Caribbean is estimated to reach about 725 million.
• Humid subtropical climates are found in areas of Brazil and URUGUAY.
• Peru has large deposits of silver, tin, lead, and COPPER.
• Coffee and maize (corn), fruit trees, and vegetables are typical crops grown in Latin America's altitudinal life zone called the tierra TEMPLADA.
• Colombia has been engaged in a battle to control the COCAINE trade that has gripped the country since the 1980s.
• Brazil makes large quantities of ethanol from SUGAR.
• Leeward sides of mountains tend to be DRIER than the windward sides.

Middle East and North Africa

• The largest ethnic group in the Middle East and North Africa are ARABS.
• The accumulation of salts in the soil through evaporation is called SALINIZATION.
• Nearly 70 percent of the population in the Middle East and North Africa now lives in urban areas.
• Countries that border the Persian Gulf include Iran, Kuwait, and IRAQ.
• This country does NOT border the Red Sea: IRAQ.
• The Libyan Desert spans both Libya and EGYPT in this region.
• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers originate in TURKEY and empty into the PERSIAN GULF.
• Major coal deposits are found in all of the following except QATAR.
• Mediterranean agriculture is common in all of the following except YEMEN.
• The Maghreb consists of Morocco, Algeria, and NIGERIA.
• The country in the Mediterranean Crescent with a lower oil production than Tunisia is MOROCCO.
• The largest flows of refugees from Syria have gone to Lebanon and JORDAN.
• The traditional heart of every Middle Eastern city is the suq, or the MARKET.
• The Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into the Persian Gulf through a common drainage channel called the SHATT AL ARAB.
• The only Gulf State with a Caspian Sea coast is IRAN.

Southeast Asia

• INDONESIA is home to 20 percent of the world's mangrove forests.
• Some colonial powers frequently forced or urged peasant farmers to dedicate part of their traditional paddy land to cultivating crops for export, a system called CASH CROPPING.
• Most of Southeast Asia lies atop the EURASIAN Plate.
• Mainland Malaysia is divided from the Island of Sumatra by the STRAIT OF MALACCA.
• Visitors from USA comprise about 4% of tourists to Southeast Asia.
• Most tourists to Southeast Asia arrive from OTHER SOUTHEASTERN.
• With the exception of urban Singapore, MALAYSIA has the lowest rural poverty rate in Southeast Asia.