Physical Characteristics
Regions
Human Environment Interaction
Historical Facts
Randoms
100
The Andes Mountains are formed by which 2 plates converging
What are Nazca Plate and South American Plate
100
List the 4 regions of Latin America
What are Mexico (North America), Middle America (Mesoamerica/Central America), South America, and Caribbean Islands
100
This was built by both France and the US in an attempt to reduce travel time between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
What is Panama Canal
100
Haiti was influenced by these 2 groups before becoming independent
What are French and African
100
This means you think your cultural values are more important than other cultures
What is ehtnocentric
200
These trade winds refer to the calm and stillness of water
What are doldrums
200
The western side of South America is exposed to this trade wind that causes a decrease in temperature
What is Humboldt Current (Peruvian Current)
200
This was a negative effect of building the Panama Canal; process of cutting down trees
What is deforestation
200
This region of Latin America has a history of Spain colonizing and killing the Native Americans there
What is Mesoamerica (Middle America/Central America)
200
This means to view the world based on your own cultural values
What is cultural lens
300
These trade winds are warm and blow from west to east
What are westerlies
300
This region of Latin America has the Panama Canal going through it
What is Middle America (Mesoamerica/Central America)
300
The earthquake of Haiti was a __________ factor that forced people to leave their homes
What is push
300
This historical event is what led to cultural diffusion between the 2 "worlds"
What is Columbian Exchange
300
This is used to transport natural resources between north and south Peru
What are transportation corridors
400
People tend to settle near this physical feature
What is water (rivers, waterways)
400
This type of region is defined by a subjective image created by people's thoughts and feelings about an area
What is perceptual region
400
Farmers adapt to different levels by using this type of farming technique
What is terrace farming
400
This was the deadliest weapon that killed the Native Americans
What is disease (smallpox)
400
People of Argentina settle in this part of the country because it is close to rivers and waterways
What is northern part
500
When warm trade winds converge, it causes this weather phenomenon
What is heavy rainfall (flooding, hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storm)
500
This type of region is defined by a central area connected to others by transportation, communication, or economic activity
What is functional region
500
The Incans used this type of farming technique in the Andes Mountains of Chile
What is irrigation drip technique
500
This negative event occurred as a result of countries sending food to Haiti after the earthquake
What is the farmers went bankrupt
500
This means to become attached to your nation
What nationalism
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