Central America and Caribbean
What two things do tectonic plates movement cause?
earthquakes and volcanoes
What were European goods traded for in Africa?
Slaves
What geographic feature stretches nearly the entire width of South America?
Amazon Basin
How did Inca farm in mountains?
terraced fields
What are the places with most extreme climates?
Andes and Amazon
What is a positive effect of volcanoes?
fertile soil
What helped make the Caribbean a good place for trade? (geographically)
Good Harbors and it is between North and South America
What is climate like in Andes Mountains?
cold, dry
How did the Inca water there crops?
Irrigation canals
Why is soil so rich in lowlands?
Snow melt
Why did Europeans bring African slaves to the Caribbean?
work on plantations and in mines
What makes tobacco different than all other crops sent to Europe?
It is not food
What is biggest threat to rainforests?
growing population
Why did people live in South American lowlands?
Food supply
What does El Nino cause?
flooding
Who led rebellion in Haiti?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
What was the worst thing Europeans brought to the New World?
disease
Why is Atacama desert so dry?
Rain shadow
What did Treaty of Tordesillas do?
divide South America between Spain and Portugal
What is transpiration?
Plants release water vapor
What made Puerto Rico different from Cuba?
economic and political freedom
What country has the highest percentage of land covered by rainforest in Central America?
Belize
What do greenhouse gases do?
Trap heat energy, warm the Earth
What two crops did African slaves mostly harvest?
sugar and coffee
Who led revolution freeing most of South America?
Simon Bolivar