WATERBODIES
This waterbody borders Latin America to its west.
Pacific Ocean
Name the worlds highest navigable lake?
Lake Titicaca
In what modern day country would you find the Yucatan Peninsula?
Mexico
Name three countries that are located in Middle America.
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
In what area of South America would you find thousands of species of plants and animals?
Amazon rain forest
This body of water borders Mexico to the east.
Gulf of Mexico
In what country would you find the world's largest area of tropical rainforest?
Brazil
What type of physical feature defines the Caribbean?
Archipelago
Name the islands off the west coast of Ecuador.
Galapagos Islands
What is the difference between Middle America and Central America?
Mexico
Name the waterbody that acts as part of the border between the US & Mexico.
Rio Grande
What is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls
Name the two mountain ranges that run through Mexico.
Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental.
What Middle American country borders South America?
Panama
Explain one reason that Latin America has such a wide variety of climates.
1) It spans a huge range of latitudes (low/tropics to high/polar)
2) Spans a wide range of altitudes (high/cold to sea level/warm)
This waterbody separates South America from the Caribbean.
Caribbean Sea
What desert is considered the driest on Earth and what country is it located in?
The Atacama Desert in Chile
What type of physical feature is Panama?
Isthmus
Name the 3 largest islands in the Caribbean.
Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola (Haiti & Dominican Republic)
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Name the waterbody near the southern tip of South America that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Strait of Magellan
What Latin American mountain chain is the world's second highest & in what country is its highest peak Aconcagua at 22,831 feet?
Andes in Argentina.
Name three South American countries that would be most likely to have a highland climate.
Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador
Brazil uses the power of its rivers to produce more of this than any other country?
Hydroelectricity
Describe one characteristic that makes Latin America a region.
1) Language (Spanish & Portuguese)
2) Located in the tropics (tropical climates)