Vocab 1
What is the height of land above sea level?
Elevation
What is a long river in northern South America?
Amazon River
What are the three geographic regions that Latin America is divided into?
Mexico/Central America (Middle America), South America, and the Caribbean
What is one resource in Latin America?
Gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, nickel, uranium, bauxite, coal, petroleum, hydroelectric power
What is the name of Mr. Botten's dog?
George
G
G-man
What is the warming of the ocean water along the coast of South America?
El Nino
What are things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs?
Natural Resources
What are 2 landforms you would find in Central America?
Plateau, Isthmus
How can weather effect a countries resources?
Hurricane, drought, climate change, El Nino
What is electric power produced by rushing water?
Hydroelectricity
What is a large raised area of mostly level land?
Plateau
What is flat grassland in South America?
Pampas
What are 2 landforms you would find in South America?
Andes Mountains
Pampas
Rain Forest
What does it mean to add variety?
Diversify
What college did Mr. Botten attend?
SUNY Potsdam
What is a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land?
Isthmus
What is a dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round?
Rain Forest
What types of crops grow well in Latin America where the climate is warm and wet?
Sugar cane, Coffee, Bananas
What are 3 resources the we in the United States buy from Latin America?
Bananas Coffee Oil Sugar Fish Lumber Minerals
What do we call it when a country’s economy is based largely on one resource or crop?
One-resource economy
What is the way that goods and services are produced and made available to people?
Economy
What is a river or stream that flows into a larger river?
Tributary
Look at page 32. What letter matches the following locations?
South America – E
Caribbean Sea – B
Amazon River – F
Equator – A
Mexico – G
Central America – C
Andes Mountains - D
What is the problem with a One-Resource Economy?
When a country relies on one resource this can become a problem. When that one resource loses its value or is destroyed, the country no longer has a way of making money, so the country’s economy suffers.
What has Latin America learned to do since the problems they had with a one-resource economy and why?
Latin America has learned to diversify because they do not want to have problems with their economy.