Physical Geography
Second longest river in the world; flows mostly through Brazil; carries the greatest volume of water of any river
What is the Amazon River
Name the Presidentof the U.S. who oversaw the building of the Panama Canal.
Theodore Roosevelt
Nassau is the capital of
What is the Bahamas
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
What is an Isthmus
Canal built to allow ships to travel easily between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal
Why did the workers of the Panama Canal find mold in their shoes?
Humidity
Santiago is the capital of
What is Chile
An area of high, flat land
What is a Plateau
Chain along the western edge of South America that is the longest continuous mountain range in the world.
What is the Andes Mountains
Panama was the northern providence of what country?
Columbia
I am a U.S. territory located by the Dominican Republic and my capital is San Juan
What is Puerto Rico
Limestone deposits formed from the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
What is Coral
What are the 3 main regions of Latin America
Central America, Caribbean Islands, and South America
What kind of boat was the first boat through the canal?
A tugboat
I am a small country located in between Columbia and Peru and bordered by no other country in South America
What is Ecuador
How was malaria carried while the Panama Canal was being built?
From mosquitoes
Driest place on earth; high elevation along coast of Chile; average temperature is actually chilly; parts have never had rain
What is the Atacama Desert
How many men and how much money did the French lose in trying to build the Panama Canal
20,000 men and $300 million
I am a small country located near the center of S. America and I am bordered by Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina.
What is Paraguay
In what country is Patagonia?
Argentina