Vocabulary
Major Landforms
Climate and Weather
Regions
A.I.M.
100
The mixture of salt water and fresh water
What is brackish
100
The largest rainforest in the world
What is the Amazon Rainforest
100
A decrease in temperature is caused by an increase in this
What is elevation
100
Mexico
What is Mexico and Central America
100
This Ancient Civilization created the number 0 and is famous for their calendar
Who are the Mayas?
200
The height of land above or below sea level
What is elevation
200
The longest mountain chain in the world
What is the Andes Mountains
200
Ocean current that affects climate in Latin America around Christmas time
What is El Nino
200
Brazil
What is South America
200
The game is played with the hips and arms, but no hands
What is Pok-Ta-Tok?
300
A narrow strip of land that connects to larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus
300
The driest desert on earth.
What is the Atacama Desert
300
This was the largest of it's kind in the 20th century, with 20 foot waves and 180 mph winds.
What is Hurricane Gilbert
300
The Bahamas
What is the Caribbean
300
These messengers were known to run several miles a day to relay quipus
What are roadrunners?
400
To add variety
What is diversify
400
A flat grassland region found in southern South America
What is the Pampas
400
This region is located in the Humid Subtropic Climate zone of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
What is Patagonia?
400
Ecuador
What is South America
400
This is the name of the chocolate drink created by the Aztecs
What is Xocoatl
500
A mineral used to make aluminum
What is bauxite
500
Most famous man-made landform in Latin America
What is the Panama Canal
500
These three factors affect climate
What is wind pattern, location to the equator, and elevation
500
Grenada
What is the Caribbean
500
The five countries the Incas lived in
What are Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador?
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