Mexico Landforms
Central America Landforms
Guided Reading
Vocab
Capitals
100
This plateau is between the Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental.
What is the central plateau?
100
This lake is next Lake Nicargua.
What is Lake Managua?
100
The three regions of Latin America
What are Middle America, the Caribbean, and South America?
100
A manmade waterway used for navigation or irrigation.
What is a canal?
100
Mexico City
What is the capital of Mexico?
200
This Gulf is between the Baja Peninsula and Mexico's mainland.
What is the Gulf of California?
200
This Isthmus connects South America to Panama.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
200
Major crops grown in the middle elevation zone.
What is coffee and corn?
200
An immense sea wave of unparalleled force created by tectonic effects such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
What is a tsunami?
200
Panama City
What is the capital of Panama?
300
This Bay is located next to the Gulf of Mexico.
Where is the Bay of Campeche located?
300
This Gulf is located on the Isthmus of Panama.
What is the Gulf of Panama?
300
A dense continuous layer of leaves formed by the close-growing trees of the rain forest.
What is a canopy?
300
The act of cutting down forests in large swathes.
What is deforestation?
300
San Salvador
What is the capital of El Salvador?
400
This river borders the U.S and Mexico.
What countries does the Rio Grande river border?
400
This sea is the in the North East part of Central America.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
400
The moderate climate zone between 2,500 and 6,500 feet above sea level.
What is the Tierra Templada?
400
A narrow strip of land surrounded by water that connects two larger land areas.
What is an isthmus?
400
San Jose
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
500
A mountain range located next to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
What is the Sierra Madre del Sur?
500
A lake next to Lake Managua.
What is Lake Nicargua?
500
The high plain of Peru and Bolivia.
What is the altiplano?
500
Flat land area adjacent to a stream with a lot of sediment, prone to flooding.
What is alluvial plains?
500
Tegucigalpa
What is the capital of Honduras?
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