Mexico
Central America
Amazon River Basin
Hurricanes
South America
100
Mexico is mostly a rugged _________
What is plateau?
100
Terrain of Central America
What are rugged hills or mountains.
100
Amazon River is the __________ river in the world
What is largest?
100
The center of a Hurricane
What is the eye?
100
Name five countries located in South America
Subjective
200
___________ lies beneath the Yucatan Peninsula, and _______ form regularly.
What is Limestone and Sink Holes?
200
Shaped the region of Central America
What are Tectonic Plates?
200
Amazon River holds more water than these rivers combined
What are the Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze?
200
Scientific name for a hurricane
What is tropical cyclone?
200
Name one example of both a push and pull factor
Subjective
300
Region of Mexico that is the most prosperous.
What is Northern Mexico?
300
Central America is heavily dependent on these two crops.
What are Coffee and Bananas?
300
Difference between largest and longest
What is total amount of water and the length of the river itself?
300
Temperature when a hurricane officially deems the term, "tropical cyclone"
What is 74 mph?
300
These limit the types of food that can be grown
What are Elevation Zones?
400
Three great mountain ranges that border the Mexican Plateau
What is the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Sierra Madre del Sur?
400
Gold fields and bauxite are used to make this product in Central America
What is aluminum?
400
Area that contributes runoff to a river
What is a Basin?
400
Storms that form north of the equator spin ___________.
What is counterclockwise?
400
What happens during El Nino?
Eastern Pacific Ocean is warmer and the climate is much wetter than normal
500
U.S. owned business located in Mexico
What are Maquiladoras?
500
Slef Governing? Citizens? Leave? Vote?
What is Yes, Yes, Yes, No
500
Causes the Amazon River Basin to be large
What is location and slope?
500
Draw and label what the inside of a hurricane looks like.
Board
500
Challenges for the Future of South America
What are population, environment, boarder disputes, and terrorism?
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