Landforms
Mexico
Key Terms
History
Brazil
100
The Mountains whose name means mother ranges
What are the Sierra Madres
100
Mexico City
What is Mexico's Capital
100
Irrigation
What is the artificial watering of farmland
100
The Portuguese founded this country
What is Brazil
100
Brasilia
What is Brazil's capital?
200
A plateau
What is an area of high flat land
200
Hernan Cortes
Who is the man who conquered the Aztecs
200
Cash Crop
What is a crop grown to sell
200
Aztec's were an early culture in this country
What is Mexico
200
Sertao
What is the Interior plateau called?
300
A peninsula
What is a strip of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
300
Conquistadors
Who were the Spanish conquerors
300
Guerrilla
What is an armed force outside of the regular army
300
The Falkland Islands
What Islands did Argentina and Great Britain fight a war over?
300
Sugar
What is Brazil's major export
400
Isthmus
What is a narrow strip of land with water on two sides that connects two larger bodies of land
400
Hacienda
What is a large Spanish owned Estate
400
Coral Islands
What are islands formed from the bodies of dead sea animals
400
This country was named after Christopher Columbus
What is Columbia
400
Escarpment
What is a steep cliff between two level areas of different heights
500
archipelago
What is a group of islands
500
Central plateau
What is Mexico's Heartland
500
Leeward
What is the side of an island facing away from the wind
500
Juan Peron was a military dictator in this country
What is Argentina
500
Favelas
What is the slum community in Brazil's major cities?
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