A region with plants specially adapted to dry conditions.
What is a desert?
100
A good or service bought from another country.
What is an import
100
A strip of land that connects two large landmasses.
What is an isthmus?
100
A large river in South America that carries one-fifth of the Earth's river water.
What is the Amazon River?
100
This group lived in the Andes Mountains of Peru during the 1400s.
What are the Incas?
200
On these islands, warm winds keep temperatures warm and constant year-round.
What are the Caribbean Islands?
200
To permanently enter a new country from another country.
What is to immigrate?
200
Hilly sections of a country that can be found in Central and South America.
What are highlands?
200
This group of people use the llanos of Colombia and Venezuela to raise cattle and crops.
What are farmers?
200
This group was known for large sculptures of heads.
What are the Olmec?
300
The plains along the Central American coast are home to regions of lush vegetation called this.
What is a rain forest?
300
A person who starts his or her own business in hope of earning a profit.
What is an entrepreneur?
300
A chain of nearly 700 islands.
What is an archipelago?
300
Most of Argentina's population lives on the Pampas, which is this type of land area.
What is a large grassy plain?
300
These ancient people lived in villages in southern Mexico and northern Central America and are known for their advanced knowledge of science and technology.
What are the Mayans?
400
In this region of Mexico, coniferous and deciduous forests grow.
What are the mountains and highlands?
400
The way of life of a group of people who share traditions, interests, beliefs, and everyday activities.
What is culture?
400
A large rigid section of the Earth's crust that is in constant motion.
What is a tectonic plate?
400
This mountain range stretches 5,500 miles through the countries on the west coast of South America.
What is the Andes Mountains?
400
This civilization lived in the area that is now Mexico City between 1300-1500.
What are the Aztecs?
500
Throughout Latin America, this characteristic is what influences climate and vegetation the most.
What is elevation?
500
The amount of goods produced by worker in a given time.
What is productivity?
500
The two major mountain ranges in Mexico.
What are the Sierra Madre Occidenetal and the Sierra Madre Oriental?
500
This region in Peru and Bolivia is "one of the world's highest inhabited regions".
What is the altiplano?
500
These island gardens were used to grow food and flowers in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.