Physical Features
Climate
History
Population/ vegetation
Economic Activity
100
A physical feature in Latin America that separates the western and eastern parts of the country
What are mountains
100
The climate of low latitude areas near the equator
What is tropical climate
100
The swapping of plants, animals, and diseases from the Caribbean to Europe
What is the Columbian Exchange
100
Almost 80 percent of people in Latin America live in this type of area
What is urban
100
Mexico and Venezuela have many deposits of this
What is oil/petroleum
200
A high plain that separates the two ranges of Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental
What is the Mexican Plateau
200
The area of South America with highlands climate
What is Andes Mountains
200
People who created civilizations in Mexico/Central America in early times
What is the Aztec/Inca/Maya people
200
The vast majority of Latin Americans are this religion
What is Christian
200
The most widespread economic activities
What is livestock raising and substinence farming
300
The landform that connects Central America to South America
What is the Panama Ithsmus
300
Common climate in the Caribbean islands
What is tropical wet and dry
300
The two main countries that took over Latin America during the Colonial Period
What is Spain and Portugal
300
The most widespread type of vegetation
What is broadleaf evergreen forest
400
The worlds second largest river located in South America
What is the Amazon River
400
A rare ecosystem found in Costa Rica
What is cloud forests
400
The Latin America’s wars for independence began with slave uprisings in this country
What is Haiti
400
The main vegetation of Mexico and Central America
What is desert scrub
400
One of the most important commercial farming crops
What is coffee
500
Many small islands between Florida and South America, some being the tops of underwater mountains.
What are the Caribbean Islands
500
Storms common the the Caribbean islands
What are hurricanes
500
The government structure of most Latin American countries after independence was won
What is dictatorship
500
The largest vegetation zone in South America
What is the AmazonRainforest
500
What the first Europeans wanted from Latin America
What is metals (copper, uranium, gold, silver)
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