Physical Features
The name of the worlds largest mass of vegetation.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This region connects North America and South America.
What is Central America?
This civilization created their capital city in the middle of a lake.
Who are the Aztec?
The driest place on Earth.
What is the Atacama Desert?
The percentage of oxygen that the Amazon Rainforest provides.
What is 20%?
The Yucatan Peninsula is found in this North American country.
What is Mexico?
This is the largest region in Latin America.
What is South America?
This civilization created a number system using zero.
Who are the Maya?
Pacific waters get warm, carry rains, and storms when this occurs.
What is El Nino?
This country has the second highest population in South America.
What is Colombia?
The grasslands of the Pampas are found in these 2 countries.
What is Argentina and Uruguay?
This region is the most impacted by hurricane season.
What is the Caribbean?
This civilization created the Temple of the Sun.
Who are the Aztec?
The three MAIN factors that affect climate.
What are elevation, distance to the equator, and wind patterns?
The largest oil supplier in Latin America.
What is Venezuela?
The name of the lake found in northern Venezuela.
What is Lake Maracaibo?
This region has an isthmus.
What is Central America?
What two civilizations did the Spanish conquer?
Who are the Aztec and Incas?
Country where the lowest recorded temperature in South America was recorded.
Where is Argentina?
The smallest country by area in Central America.
What is El Salvador?
The length of the Panama Canal.
What is 50 miles long?
A dry, arid region that covers parts of Argentina and Chile.
What is Patagonia?
Besides maize, there were 3 important crops that the Maya grew.
What is squash, beans, avocado, peppers?
Country that has the largest tropical wet and dry climate in Latin America.
What is Brazil?
This country is sinking by about 10 inches every year.
What is Mexico?