a dense stand of trees and plants that receive high amounts of precipitation
What is a rain forest
100
an umbrella like covering of trees and leaves
What is a canopy
100
Cuba has about what percentage of the Caribbean's land area?
What is 50%
200
What country has the regions largest oil and natural gas reserves?
What is Venezuela
200
What is the highest lake you can use large ships on?
What is Lake Titicaca
200
area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
What is the tropics
200
a place's height above sea level
What is altitude
200
To reduce it's dependence on oil imports, Brazil uses alcohol from what plant to mix with gasoline to fuel cars
What is sugarcane
300
The Caribbean islands generally have little mineral resources, except for what island country?
What is Jamaica
300
The Andes Mountains are the worlds ____________ mountain system
What is the longest
300
produced from sugarcane and gasoline to produce a fuel for cars
What is gasohol
300
small rivers that flow into a larger river
What are tributaries
300
Thick forests and rugged mountains in Central America make it difficult to
What is transport goods
400
What country produces the worlds finest emeralds
What is Columbia
400
What is the largest lake in South America?
What is Lake Maracaibo
400
well known plain of grasses, used for grazing beef and growing grains in Uruguay and Argentina
What is the Pampas
400
tropical grasslands that stretch through Columbia and Venezuela
What is the Llanos
400
What climate is found in the Caribbean islands, Central America and parts of South America, that is marked by year round hot temperatures and heavy rainfall
What is tropical wet
500
Who is the world's largest exporter of copper
Who is Chile
500
What are the 3 groups the Caribbean Islands can be divided into?
What is Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas
500
area where river currents and ocean currents meet
What is an estuary
500
a series of steep cliffs that drop down to a coastal plain
What is escarpment
500
Because much of Latin America is located in the tropics, what can you say about their climate
What is year round high temperatures and heavy rainfall