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Geography 101
South America
Central America
Physical Geography
Human Geography
100

Geography is the 

Study of the World

100

The largest country in South America 

Brazil

100

The river that forms the U.S and Mexico border

Rio Grande 

Rio Bravo

100

The longest river in South America

Amazon River

100

This ancient civilization lived in what is modern day Mexico and was known for building causeways as well as their impressive capital Tenochtitlan 

Aztec or Mexica

200

A tools a geographer may use to find his or her way north 

Compass

200

This ancient civilization lived in the Andes mountains and were known for their ability to adapt and live in the mountainous terrain

Inca

200

A piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

Peninsula

200

This mountain range runs down the Western coast of South America

Andes mountains

200

Men like Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortez were sent to conquer the ancient Americas, another name for these explorers would be

Conquistadors

300

All the human and physical features that make a place unique is called

Landscape

300

This country is known for cities like Buenos Aires, as well as its large grassland areas known as the pampas

Argentina

300

This mountain range is found in Mexico 

Sierra Madre

300
How geographers would best describe the climate of Costa Rica

Tropical/ Humid Subtropical 

300

When a country depends on people visiting their country to help their economy is known as

Ecotourism

400

Geography is sometimes referred to as a 

Social science

400

What is the most common language spoken in Brazil

Spanish 

400

This waterway connects the Caribbean sea to the Pacific Ocean

Panama Canal

400

A partially closed body of water where salt and freshwater meet

Estuary

400

A person who flees their nation for either political or economic reasons

Refugee

500
What are the three kinds of map projections

Conic, Flat-Plane- Cylindrical

500

This weather pattern impacts the Western coast of South America and is known for warming the seas

El Nino
500

This is the smallest country in Central America, and it relies on ecotourism for its economy

Belize

500

The Caribbean is a chain of islands, another name for this is

Archipelago
500

Many of the ideas known today in the region of the Caribbean/Central/South America was due to an event that happened around the 1500s, this event was known as

Colombian Exchange