Central America
This piece of land connects the continent of North American and South America. It separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Isthmus
This is the largest threat to the Amazon rain forest.
Deforestation
This is a treeless step that is sparsely populated in southern South America.
Patagonia
This is the highest lake in the world.
Lake Titicaca
This country is the United States' southern neighbor and represents the northernmost part of Latin America today. At one point it extended into what is now the southwestern US and its Hispanic influence is still felt there.
Mexico
This sea is found north of South America, south of North America, and east of Central America.
Caribbean Sea
The Amazon basin (a river and all of its tributaries) is found in the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and this country.
Brazil
This is a fertile plain in southern South America, where a majority of South Americans live.
The Pampas
Because of the Andes Mountains and the Chilean Mountains, the Atacama falls into a rain shadow and is classified as this.
Desert
This country has a strong relationship with the United States because it is home to a canal that the US controlled until the start of the 21st century.
Panama
The Gulf Stream is an air current that brings warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and makes this continent experience mild temperatures considering the latitude it is at.
Europe
Angel Falls, in Venezuela, inspired this film.
Up
Cape Horn is this important landmark in South America.
The "end" of the continent
This indigenous civilization made its home in the Andes Mountains.
The Inca
This country is the only Portuguese speaking country in Latin America, but represents the most Portuguese speakers in the world, with 211.2 million.
Brazil
This river is the boundary between Texas, in the United States, and the country of Mexico.
Rio Grande
The Amazon River is the largest in the world based on this unit of measurement.
Volume
These waterfalls on the Brazil and Argentina border are the largest in the world.
Iguazu Falls
This citadel, which may have been a royal palace or religious site, sits high atop the Andes Mountains and is a feat of mankind to have built.
Machu Picchu
This Caribbean island has been a part of the United States since 1898 as an unincorporated territory.
Puerto Rico
This peninsula includes the countries of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. It means "I don't understand what you're saying" in Mayan, but is named this because Europeans misunderstood the conversation.
Yucatan Peninsula
This is fed by the nutrient-rich silty water that flows through the Amazon River.
The Falkland Islands are off the coast of Argentina, claimed by Argentina, but actually a part of this European country.
Great Britain
The Andes Mountains are a part of this system, which stretches from Alaska down to the tip of South America.
American Cordillera
The Inca Empire's capital of Cuzco is politically located in this modern country.
Peru