Vocabulary
Major Landforms
Climate & Water
Regions
Extra
100
A rocklike substance formed from the skeletons of tiny sea animals
What is Coral
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 & Central America
100
Latin America is a continent
What is NO!
200
Height of land above sea level
What is Elevation
200
Longest mountain chain in the world
What is the Andes Mountains
200
Ocean current that affects climate in Latin America around Christmas
What is El Nino
200
Brazil
What is South America
200
The three things that created the islands in the Caribbean
What is coral, volcanoes, & underwater mountains
300
A narrow strip of land that connects to larger pieces of land
What is an isthmus
300
Driest desert on Earth
What is the Atacama Desert
300
Besides bathing, drinking, and washing things these are two uses for water in Latin America
What is transportation, fishing, hydroelectricity, irrigation
300
Cuba
What is the Caribbean
300
The two main languages spoken in Latin America
What is Spanish & Portuguese
400
To add variety
What is diversify
400
Flat grassland region found in lower South America
What is the Pampas
400
The largest hurricane to hit Latin America in the 20th century
What is Hurricane Gilbert
400
Chile
What is South America
400
The main resources Latin American countries used to rely on
What is petroleum (oil)
500
a mineral used to help make aluminum
What is bauxite
500
Most famous MAN-MADE landform in Latin America
What is the Panama Canal
500
Hurricanes are caused by a mixture of these two things
What is cold air and warm water
500
Grenada
What is the Caribbean
500
small islands in Latin America owned by the U.K.
What is the Falkland Islands
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