Land & Water
Climate & Vegetation
Natural Resources
Vocabulary
Who Am I?
100
This large, flat highland area can be found in Mexico where many of the population live.
What is the Central Plateau?
100
These two areas are some of the driest places on Earth.
What is the Atacama and Sonoran Desert?
100
This is the solo crop of Argentina as listed on the chart of natural resources we created in class.
What is wheat?
100
These flat grassland regions are perfect for raising cattle.
What is the Pampas?
100
I am the three regions of Latin America.
What is Mexico & Central America, the Caribbean Islands and South America
200
This has drawn farmers to the Andes Mountains.
What is rich, fertile soil.
200
This is a warm ocean current that often is destructive and flows along the western coast of South America.
What is El Nino?
200
This is the name for smaller rivers or streams that flow into other rivers.
What are tibutaries?
200
True or False~the climate in Latin America is generally warm, wet and humid due to the location so close to the Equator.
What is false~the climate is different from place to place in Latin America.
300
This material which is made up of many skeletons from tiny sea animals is found on necklaces, rings and other jewlery.
What is coral?
300
This describes the type of climate where many people raise sheep for a living.
What is cold and dry?
300
Also known as the height of land and can cause different climates in the same country.
What is elvation?
300
This substance has caused the farmland in Mexico and Central America to be fertile.
What is volcanic ash?
400
These provide fish, water power and a way to reach remote areas and are very important to the people of Latin America.
What are rivers and lakes?
400
Name the country where there is a large amount of vegetation due to the warm, wet climate and endless growing season.
What is Brazil?
400
This specific type of power is generated by a natural resource and was shown to us by Mr. Fisher in slides of a damsite.
What is Hydroelectricity?
400
Rivers in Central America are used to do this.
What is produce hydroelectricity?
500
Mexico and Central America create this type of landform.
What is an isthmus?
500
These two landforms greatly affect travel and trade among the regions of South America.
What is high mountains and dense rain forests.
500
This names the location of Latin America.
Where is the Western Hemisphere.
500
This term describes what the drop in oil prices in the 1980's probably helped convince the country of Venuzeuela to do.
What is diversify its economy?
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