P & H Geography
BIG mountain chain (South American spine)
Andes
Most populous city in Latin America
Mexico City
Ocean on the WEST side of Latin America
Pacific
25-foot reptile in Amazon rainforest
Anaconda
Two (2) countries on Hispaniaola
Haiti and Dominican Republic
What kind of landform is the Atacama?
Desert (in northern Chile)
Former capital Brazilian city known for Carnival (and beaches!)
Rio de Janeiro
Ocean on EAST side of Latin America
Atlantic
Name of cowboys of the Pampas (Argentina and Uruguay)
Gauchos
What is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere?
Haiti
What are the Orinoco, the Amazon, and the Parana?
Major river systems of South America
Tenochtitlan was the capital of which indigenous people?
Aztecs
Cuts through an isthmus and connects the Atlantic and the Pacific
Panama Canal
Indigenous people who lived in what is now Peru
Incas
Treaty of Tordesillas was between which two countries?
Spain and Portugal
Most devastating impact of Columbian Exchange on Latin Americans
Introduction of (European) diseases (smallpox)
Cuzco was the capital of which indigenous people?
Incas
Name a culture element the Spanish brought to LA
religion (Catholicism) & language (Spanish)
Only "big cat" native to Latin America
Jaguar
Bolivia and Paraguay: only 2 South American countries that are _____ (no ocean access)
Landlocked
What happened to 90% of indigenous people of LA within 200 years of European arrival?
They died (disease)
Havana is the capital of this Socialist (pro-Communist) island country
Cuba
What are Favelas?
very poor slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pack animal in Tierra Helada (wool, milk, meat)
Llama
Reggae musician Bob Marley's home island
Jamaica