Mexico Geography
What is the capital city of Mexico?
Mexico City
How many countries make up Central America?
Reveal Answer
7
What is the longest mountain range in South America?
Andes
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán.
What celebration honors and remembers loved ones who have died, often using altars, flowers, and photographs?
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
What body of water is located east of Mexico?
Gulf of Mexico
What two large bodies of water border Central America?
The Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
What is the world's largest tropical rainforest, located in South America?
Amazon Rainforest
What was the capital of the Inca Empire?
Cusco
What colorful celebration is famous for parades, costumes, dancing, and music, especially in Brazil?
Carnival
What mountain range runs along western Mexico?
The Sierra Madre Occidental
What narrow strip of land connects North America and South America?
Isthmus of Panama
What is the name of the largest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls
On what lake was Tenochtitlán built?
Lake Texcoco
What Mexican celebration honors children each year on April 30?
Día del Niño (Children's Day).
What is the name of the peninsula in southeastern Mexico that is known for its Maya ruins?
The Yucatán Peninsula
What is the name of the canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Panama Canal
What is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
What were chinampas?
Floating or artificial garden plots used to grow crops in shallow lake areas.
What celebration marks a girl's 15th birthday and her transition toward adulthood in many Latin American communities?
A quinceañera
What is the name of the geographic area where Mexico's capital is located?
Mexican Plateau
Name the 7 Central American countries and 3 of the Caribbean countries
Belize, Guatemala, el Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua
Jamaica, Haiti, Domincan Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba
How can the Andes Mountains make transportation and farming difficult?
Steep slopes and high elevations make travel difficult and limit where certain crops can grow.
What system did the Inca use to keep records with knotted cords?
Quipu.
What is cultural diffusion?
The spread of ideas, beliefs, foods, languages, and traditions from one culture to another.