Chapter 10, Section 2

1. The development in Latin American countries has caused people to destroy large areas of forests at a time.

2. Due to the massive growth in Latin America's urban population, poor people of some areas must move out into shantytowns, where they are susceptible to the effects of air pollution, widespread disease due to unsanitary communities, and natural disasters such as mud slides and floods.

Creative Writing: Countries in Latin America are dealing with several major problems currently, two of which are overpopulation and border disputes. Most major cities have shantytowns and slums surrounding them, filled with disease and pollution, which can affect the regions around them and the whole world. During border disputes, several billions of dollars are used to aid both sides of the arguement to keep them from going to war and these wars can use major resources that otherwise could have been used to better both sides of the war and the whole world.