Physical Features
This body of water is next to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
These people, with their capital in modern-day Mexico City, used blood and sacrifices to keep the sun going.
Who are the Aztecs?
Cash crops, haciendas, and plantations! Growing stuff and selling it is what this industry's all about.
What is agriculture?
Lower life expectancy and higher rates of poverty are more commonly seen in these countries
What are LDC's?
The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan became this mega-city
What is Mexico City?
This Mountain range starts in Venezuela and goes alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way down to the bottom of Chile.
What are the Andes?
These Europeans colonized most of Latin America
Who are the Spanish?
This is the major religion in Central America and the Caribbean.
What is Roman Catholicism?
Almost all countries in Latin America fall into this category of development.
What are MDC's?
This famous Pirates of the Caribbean character is sly, duplicitous, and often drunk. Savvy?
Who is Captain Jack Sparrow?
Travelling over 4000 miles and carrying a staggering amount of water, this river empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon River?
These people lived in South America, used Llamas as pack animals, and had large cities, such as Machu Pichu and Cuzco.
Who are the Incans?
Take a photo! This visitor-based industry in a large part of the Caribbean economy (making up 50% of the Bahamas' income)
What is tourism?
This is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
This month gets its name for being the 9th month of the year.
What is November?
These mountains in northern Mexico are divided into Occidental and Oriental halves
What are the Sierra Madre?
These people lived in Mexico from 200 AD to 950 AD, notable for their pyramids, calendar, and their use of the number zero.
Who are the Mayans?
This is the largest environmental concern for Central America
What is deforestation?
This is the measure of how advanced nations are.
What is development?
This body directly elects the president of the United States.
What is the Electoral College?
With some parts not receiving rain for almost 400 years, this place is the driest on the planet
What is the Atacama desert?
This is the only Latin American country that speaks Portuguese
What is Brazil?
This is the political body that the countries of Central America send members to. It has a parliament and a bank, and it it working on creating a standardized currency.
What is SICA? (Central American Integration System)
This is how Latin America's GDP is changing.
What is growing slowly?
Whosoever wields THIS hammer, if they be worthy, shall wield the power of Thor. (Or anyone who was strong enough in Norse mythology)
What is Mjolnir?