Vocabulary
Waterways
Landforms
Climate
Resources
100
This is a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides adn joind two larger pieces of land
What is a plateau?
100
Serves as transportation where roads are not available.
What are rivers and lakes?
100
These three regions make up Latin America.
What is Mexico & Central America, The Caribbean and South America?
100
This area is usually warm and sunny.
What is The Caribbean?
100
Name 4 natural resources found in Middle America (Mexico and Central America).
What is trees, fish and shellfish, cotton, coffee, sugar cane, bananas, cacao, gold, silver, copper, iron ore, oil , natural gas and hydroelectricity?
200
This is smaller than the river into which it flows/
What is a tributary?
200
A source of food such as fish and shellfish.
What is Rivers
200
Most of the peopl in Mexico live here.
What is the Central Plateau?
200
These 3 things can effect the climate of a region.
What is elevation, location and wind patterns?
200
Name 4 natural resources found in the Caribbean.
What is sugar cane, coffee, bananas, cacao, citrus fruit, Bauxite, nickel and oil?
300
This is a flat grassland region that is similar to the Great Plains in the U.S.
What is the Pampas?
300
The second longest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
300
These are the 2 types of Caribbean Islands.
What is coral reefs and the tops of underwater volcanoes?
300
Herds of cattle, alpacas, llamas and vincunas are raised in this area.
What is the Pamas?
300
Name 4 natural resources found in South America.
What is Fish and shellfish, sugar cane, cotton, rice, coffee, trees, plants for medicines, and oil?
400
Things found in nature that peopel can use to meet their needs.
What are Natural Resources?
400
The world's highest ;lake that ships can travel on.
What is Lake Titicaca?
400
This runs along the west coast of South American for some 5,500 miles.
What is the ANdes Mountains?
400
These effect the types of plants that can grow in a given region.
What is temperature and rainfall?
400
An economy that depends on ONE resouce or crop.
What is a One-Resource Economy?
500
Electric power produced from rushing water.
What is Hydroelectricity
500
This system separates Argentina and Uruguay.
What is the Rio de la Plata?
500
Contains the largest tropical rain forest in the world.
What is The Basin?
500
Name three crops that require warm temperatrues and plenty of rainfall to grow.
What is sugar cane, coffee and bananas?
500
Name 2 things that can effect a countries economy.
What are outside factors (from the world) and weather?
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