The most northern country in Latin America. It shares a border with the United States.
What is Mexico?
100
This runs for 5,000 miles along the western coast of South America.
What are the Andes mountains?
100
The lowest zone is very hot and humid. Tropical plants such as bananas grow here.
What is the Tierra Caliente?
100
The highest peak in the Andes Mountains.
What is Mt. Aconcagua?
100
The Amazon River begins here as a trickle.
What is the Andes Mountains.
200
A narrow region that connects North America to South America.
What is Central America?
200
An important river system made up of the Paraná, Paraguay, and Plata rivers in South America. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean in the southern part of the continent.
What is the Rio de la Plata?
200
The zone with the highest population has a very temperate climate. Many flowers are grown here.
What is the Tierra Templada?
200
A natural disaster that occurs frequently in Central America, often destroying buildings and causing mudslides.
What are earthquakes.
200
The Amazon River is one of the world's most important rivers because of this.
What is it carries more water than any other river in the world.
300
A group of islands that were formed either because of volcanic action or build up of skeletons from coral.
What are the Caribbean Islands.
300
This is found at the southern tip of South America.
What is Tierra del Fuego?
300
This elevation zone is very cold. Potatoes, corn, and apples are grown in this zone.
What is the Tierra Fria.
300
A weather event that happens when very high air pressure causes the trade winds to die out.
What is El Nino?
300
Plants and animals in the Amazon Rain forest are at risk because of people doing this.
What is deforestation?
400
A continent that includes one of the world's largest rivers, longest mountain chains, and largest rain forest.
What is South America?
400
This body of water is found high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Lake Titicaca?
400
The highest elevation zone is very cold with lots of snow. The glaciers here provide water to the lower elevations.
What is the Tierra Helada?
400
The people living in the highest parts of the Andes raise these animals for their wool and for transportation.
What are llamas and alpacas?
400
People are clearing some of the land in the rain forest because they want this.
What is more land to raise cattle?
500
All of the countries in the Western Hemisphere that are south of the United States make up this.
What is Latin America?
500
The Latitude line at zero degrees. It runs through Ecuador, Columbia, and Brazil.
What is the equator?
500
The trading of farm products between zones, which helps people at all zones receive necessary products.
What is vertical trading?
500
Grassy plains in South America used to graze cattle.
What are the Pampas?
500
Some scientists think that deforestation contributes to global warming because of this.
What is an increase in the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air?