Land
Water
Climate
Natural Resources
Economy
100
The three parts that make up Latin America.
What is Mexico and Central America, The Caribbean and South America
100
The two oceans bordering Latin America.
What is the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
100
A tropical wet climate.
What is hot, humid, and rainy all year round?
100
Things made by Mother Nature that are used to meet the needs of people.
What are natural resources?
100
A one-source economy.
What is an economy that depends largely on one resource or crop?
200
The two types of islands found in the Caribbean.
What is coral and the tops of underwater volcanoes
200
The rivers of Latin America.
What is natural highways?
200
A tropical wet and dry climate.
What is hot and only rainy part of the year?
200
Three natural resources found in Mexico and Central America.
What are silver, gold, copper, coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas, trees, coffee, cotton, sugar cane, bananas, cacao, fish and shellfish?
200
Hurricanes, droughts and plant diseases affect the natural resources.
What is weather effects?
300
Most the people of Mexico live here.
What is the Central Plateau?
300
The world's second largest river.
What is the Amazon river?
300
Subtropical climate
What has hot wet summers and cool damp winters?
300
Three natural resources found in the Caribbean.
What are sugar cane, coffee, bananas, cacao, citrus friut, bauxite, nickel and oil?
300
To add variety
What is diversify?
400
The location of the worlds largest tropical rain forest.
What is the Amazon River Basin?
400
They feed the Amazon River.
What are tributaries?
400
Three things that affect the climate.
What are elevation, location and wind patterns?
400
Three natural resources found in South America.
What are gold, tin, copper, bauxite, iron ore, trees, tuna, anchovies, shellfish, coffee, wheat, sugar cane, cotton and rice?
400
This is how a country can combat the effects of a one- resource economy.
What is diversify?
500
The mountain range that runs through South America
What is the Andes Mountains?
500
The Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay rivers.
What makes up the Río de la Plata?
500
Two animals raised on the Pampas.
What are cattle and llamas?
500
Electricity created from water.
What is hydroelectric power?
500
Building factories to produce goods to export.
How is Latin America diversifying?
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