Physical Features
Climate
Vegetation
History
Population/Economic Activity
100
What physical features that run through Latin America are also often active volacanoes as well?
Mountains
100
True or False? Latin America mainly has one climate.
False
100
Latin America has many ______ ______ forests.
Broadleaf Evergreen
100
In early Latin America, the most important crops were potatoes and ____.
Corn
100
Population in Latin America is steadily ______.
Increasing
200
The Caribbean Islands go from Florida to _______.
South America
200
Countries closed to the equator typically have a year round _______ climate.
Tropical
200
Where plants are located and what type of plants that grow in Mexico depends on _______.
Rainfall
200
The ____ civilized first in Mexico and Central America.
Mayans
200
Latin America has a lot of livestock raising and _____.
Farming
300
South America is shaped like a _______.
Triangle.
300
The Caribbean Islands climate is mainly ________.
Tropical wet and dry
300
The ______ rainforest in South America is home to more types of plants than anywhere else in the world.
Amazon
300
________ landed in the Caribbean in 1942.
Christopher Columbus
300
Latin America is becoming more _____ as the population grows.
Urban
400
The worlds hugest waterfall is located in Latin America and is called _______.
Angel Falls.
400
Mexico has __ main climates.
3
400
True or False? Most or all trees in a broadleaf evergreen forest have needles instead of leaves.
False
400
Many native people became ______ (religion) after Spain and Portugal took over most of Latin America.
Christian
400
Most of the land in Latin America is used for farming, forestry, and ______.
Mining
500
What allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans without having to go around South America?
The Panama Canal.
500
________ has a big impact on the diversity of climates in Latin America.
Altitude
500
The Caribbean Islands have a lot of underwater _____ _____ along the ocean floor.
Coral Reef
500
_______ is Latin Americas most widespread form of government.
Democracy
500
Nearly half of the worlds _____ ______ (religion) live in Latin America.
Roman Catholics
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