Latin America
South America
Central America
Mexico
Potpourri
100
What three languages come from the original Latin?
What is Spanish, French and Portuguese
100
How many countries are there in South America?
What are thirteen.
100
What type of land form is Central America?
What is an isthmus.
100
What type of government does Mexico currently have?
What is a federal government.
100
Where is the highest waterfall in the world located?
What is Venezuela.
200
How did Latin America get its name?
The three languages spoke in Latin America are called Romance languages and come from the language of Latin.
200
On what continent does the largest population in Latin America live?
What is South America.
200
Name the man-made wonder in Central America which is extremely important to ships and transporting goods.
What is the Panama Canal.
200
Mexico is considered part of which continent?
What is North America.
200
What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?
What is Angel Falls.
300
What is another name for the islands of the Caribbean?
The West Indes.
300
What two oceans meet at the extreme tip of South America?
What are the Atlantic and the Pacific.
300
Which country controls the Panama Canal?
What is Panama.
300
What is the official language of Mexico?
What is Spanish.
300
What is the name of the High Plain located in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia?
What is the Altiplano.
400
To which continent do the islands of the Caribbean belong to?
What is North America.
400
What river has more water draining from it than any other river system on Earth?
What is the Amazon
400
How many countries are there in Central America.
What is seven.
400
What is the major (dominant) religion of Mexico?
What is Catholic.
400
Why have people inhabited the High Plain area?
It is good for growing crops, especially potatoes.
500
What are the names of the four main areas that make up Latin America?
What is Mexico, Central America, South America and theCaribbean Islands
500
What is the name of the second largest river system in South America?
What is the Orinoco River.
500
What continent does Central America belong to?
What is North America.
500
Through what three ways does Mexico make most of its income?
What is oil, tourism, silver.
500
Which two countries of South America have areas of freezing temperatures much of the time because they are close to Antarctica?
What are Argentina and Chile.
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