Latin America Geography
Latin America History
Latin America Random
Latin America Environment
Latin America Terms
100
This country has issues with deforestation of the rain forest.
What is Brazil?
100
This colonizing country introduced the Spanish language and Catholicism to Latin America
What is Spain?
100
This is the dominant religion in Latin America
What is Catholicism?
100
This city is one of the most polluted in the world
What is Mexico City?
100
The largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
200
This country's largest city has issues with air pollution.
What is Mexico?
200
This was the largest empire ever in the Americas
Who are the Inca?
200
The Aztec Empire prospered in this country
What is Mexico?
200
Latin America makes a lot of money from this, another word for people visiting the area
What is tourism?
200
This word describes the huge number of plant and animal species in Latin America
What is biodiversity?
300
The largest Caribbean Island, most people in this country live in urban areas because the government owns the farms.
What is Cuba?
300
This country (ex. Patrick and Taral) interfered in the history of Central America for many years
What is the US?
300
They created a huge civilization throughout the Andes Mts
Who are the Inca?
300
The Amazon Rainforest is facing this problem due to logging, cattle ranching, farming, etc.
What is deforestation?
300
This a term for why people LEAVE their home country
What is a "push factor"?
400
This mountain range is the largest in Latin America.
What is the Andes Mountains?
400
This region of Latin America contains Costa Rica and Panama.
What is Central America?
400
These TWO European countries colonized Latin America
What are Spain and Portugal?
400
These groups try to protect the Amazon from deforestation
Who are indigenous people, environmentalists, or rubber tappers?
400
This man-made canal allows boats to pass through the Americas much faster
What is the Panama Canal?
500
These are the TWO geographic features that make up most of South America.
Amazon Basin/Rainforest and Andes Mountains
500
The Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521, it is where Mexico City now stands
What is Tenochtitlan?
500
This Latin American country is where Encanto takes place
What is Colombia?
500
These people defend their homeland from illegal logging
Who are the Guajajara Tribe (Guardians of the Amazon)?
500
This desert is one of the driest places on Earth
What is the Atacama Desert?