Vocabulary
land bridge connecting two larger land masses
What is an isthmus?
What is the Andes Mountains?
largest mountain range in the United States
What is the Rocky Mountains?
This country is known for its vertical climate zones.
What is Mexico?
What is the Caribbean Sea?
The statistic that countries use to determine the overall economic health of a country.
What is GDP?
This South American Country still belongs to France?
What is French Guinea?
This area is considered the lungs of South America.
What is the Amazon Rain Forrest?
The United States has this type of government.
What is a federal republic?
tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world
What is Angel Falls?
a militaristic dictator
What is a junta?
This South American country followed Cuba's communist model.
What is Venezuela?
a chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
another name for a mapmaker
What is a cartographer?
This ocean is west of South America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
having both high and low context cultures
What is multi-active?
This country acknowledges the rights of nature in its constitution.
What is Ecuador?
a steep ridge off the edge of a cliff
What is an escarpment?
official language of Brazil
What is Portuguese?
What is the Missouri River?
sudden overthrow of government by a military leader or government official?
What is a coup d'etat?
This was the first country to begin building the Panama Canal?
What is France?
term for the point of elevation at which waters either flow east or west
What is a continental divide?
This European discovered Manchu Pichu in the early 1900s.
Who is Hiram Bingham?
By volume, this is the biggest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?