Mesoamerica
Rugged & Diverse Land
The Coasts
The Landforms
100
beautiful green stone
What is Jade?
100
Northern Mesoamerica has two of these
What are mountain ranges?
100
No part of Mesoamerica is more than _______ miles from a coast
What is 200 miles?
100
the name of the plateau of Mesoamerica
What is the Plateau of Mexico?
200
formed when lava cools slowly
What is basalt?
200
Mountains in Mesoamerica this landform
What is the Plateau of Mexico?
200
this body of water provides a lush, tropical rain forest
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
200
these proved basalt & obsidian
What are volcanoes?
300
forms when lava cools quickly
What is obsidian?
300
south of the plateau, you will find these landforms
What are volcanoes?
300
rain dissolves the limestone & creates
What is cents or natural wells?
300
one of the mountain ranges found in northern Mesoamerica
What is Sierra Madre Occidental or Sierra Madre Oriental?
400
Mesoamerica extends from the central part of Central America to...
What is the middle of modern day Mexico?
400
the middle of the Plateau of Mexico
What is the Central Plateau
400
this body of water is on the West coast of Mesoamerica
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
these are found in the south of Mesoamerica
What are steep ridges & gorges, or deep narrow valleys?
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