Bodies of Water
This ocean is located off the eastern coast of South America
Atlantic Ocean
This country gained its independence by means of a slave revolt.
Haiti.
The smaller group of islands located off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
The Lesser Antilles
This island is known for the carved images erected by the Rapa Nui people.
Easter Island
Bolivia was named for this famous freedom fighter.
Simón Bolívar
This ocean is located off the western coast of South America.
Pacific Ocean
This Latin American country has had a Communist government since 1959.
Cuba
This follows the Gulf Stream and trade winds in the Atlantic Ocean through the Caribbean Sea and into the Gulf of America.
The Hurricane Belt.
The highest waterfall in the world
Angel Falls
This is how we describe most of a population spread out along the coasts of a continent.
Hallow-Continent Effect
This body of water is located in the northwest part of Nicaragua
Lake Nicaragua
Nearly half the population of South America lives in this country
Brazil
A horseshoe-shaped ring of mountains and volcanoes on the edges of the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
This begins in the Peruvian Andes and ends by emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil
Amazon River
This ecosystem has the highest density of biodiversity in the world
Amazon Rainforest
The Antilles are located in this body
Caribbean Sea
The name for the blending of two religions, like the image of the Virgin Mary being worshipped as a pagan goddess
Syncretism
The easiest route from the Atlantic to the Pacific today
Panama Canal
The peaks of these mountains are said to be higher than those of the Rockies
Andes Mountains
This leader established the Communist government in Cuba
Fidel Castro
The safest way around the tip of South America in the 1500s
Straight of Magellan
The name for a cattle herder of the Pampas Plains
Gaucho
The driest desert on earth
Atacama Desert
The Caribbean Islands were formed as tectonic plates shift and allow this to flow through the mantle and oceanic crust, forming layers over time
Magma
The largest civilization in the pre-Colombian Americas
Inca Empire