Terrain
Vocabulary
Location
Capitals
Bonus/Miscellaneous
100
Mostly mountains with a narrow coastal belt and central plateau is the terrain found in this country.
What is El Salvador?
100
The act of cutting down trees is known as...
What is deforestation?
100
This country borders the Caribbean Sea, and lies between Guatemala and Mexico, Guatemala to the west, and Mexico to the north.
What is Belize?
100
The capital of Guatemala is...
What is Guatemala?
100
The longest rain forest ever is called...
What is the Amazon Rain Forest?
200
Latin America is divided into three areas, called...
What is Middle America, Caribbean, and South America?
200
An immense sea wave of unparalleled force created by tectonic effects such as earthquakes and volcanoes is called...
What is a tsunami?
200
In Central America, and borders both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, with Costa Rica to the south and Honduras to the north.
What is Nicaragua?
200
The capital of Nicaragua is...
What is Managua?
200
Most of Latin America is located in this type of climate zone.
What is the tropical climate zone?
300
Latin America's mineral resources include...
What is gold, silver, copper, bauxite, and aluminum?
300
A narrow strip of land surrounded by water that connects 2 larger land areas is called...
What is an isthmus?
300
This country borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, with Costa Rica to the north and Colombia to the south.
What is Panama?
300
The capital of Costa Rica is...
What is San José?
300
When the trees grow very closely together in a rainforest, it creates this as dense protection.
What is a canopy?
400
Rugged terrain of Central America is being overcome by technological advances such as...
What is television, cell phones, and the internet?
400
A large, raised area of mostly level land is called...
What is a plateau?
400
In Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.
What is El Salvador?
400
The capital of El Salvador is...
What is San Salvador?
400
Areas of vegetation in coastal deserts are called this, also known as "meadows on the desert."
What are lomas?
500
The cold climate zone that supports some grasses suitable for grazing is...
What is the puna?
500
The flat land area adjacent to a stream with a lot of sediment, prone to flooding is called...
What is the alluvial plains?
500
Borders the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua. El Salvador is located to the west.
What is Honduras?
500
Tegucigalpa is the capital of this Central American country.
What is Honduras?
500
The Central American countries (including Mexico) and their capitals are...
What is Mexico-Mexico City, Guatemala-Guatemala, Belize-Belmopan, El Salvador-San Salvador, Honduras-Tegucigalpa, Nicaragua-Managua, Costa Rica-San José, Panama-Panama City?
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