Land & Water
Which three regions of Latin America are located on the North American continent but are culturally tied to South America?
What is Mexico, the Caribbean region, and Central America.
Which lowest altitude zone (0 to 2,500 ft) is characterized by a hot climate and is suitable for growing bananas and sugarcane?
What is Tierra Caliente.
Venezuela has large reserves of this natural resource, which is classified as a mineral.
What is Oil (or Minerals/Petroleum).
What religion is predominant in much of Latin America due to European colonization?
What is Roman Catholic (or Catholic) religion.
This famous Inca site is located in Peru.
What is Machu Picchu?
What narrow strip of land, which includes a canal, connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
What is the Isthmus of Panama (or Panama Canal).
What coastal desert receives water only about once every ten years?
What is The Atacama.
What farming system involves cutting down and burning vegetation before planting new crops?
What is Slash-and-burn agriculture.
What European language is predominantly spoken in Brazil?
What is Portuguese.
What instrument, made of steel, is associated with Calypso music?
What is Steel Drums.
What are the two major mountain ranges mentioned in the slides/notes?
What is the Andes and Sierra Madres.
What geological feature, located around the Pacific, accounts for much of the earthquake and volcanic activity in Latin America?
What is the Ring of Fire.
What term refers to communal or shared land?
What is Ejidos.
Which three Indigenous civilizations were known for building pyramid structures?
What is Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs.
What style of Afro-American music was brought to the Caribbean during the slave trade?
What is Calypso.
What major city is located in Peru?
What is Lima.
What term refers to high, flat plains found where the Andes Mountains are the widest?
What is Altiplano.
What farming system focuses on growing just enough food for farmers to feed themselves and their entire families?
What is Subsistence farming.
What term describes a person of mixed race who is half European and half indigenous?
What is Mestizo.
This large statue is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What is Christ the Redeemer.
What term describes the entire area where the Amazon River drains?
What is Amazon River Basin.
What phenomenon involves changing ocean and air temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, causing currents to reverse direction and impacting the weather in Latin America?
What is El Niño.
How do trade and globalization affect the cultures of the Central American and Caribbean region today?
What is tourism. (The region's climate, beaches and cultural/historic attractions.
Which countries are in NAFTA?
What are United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What structure is a large dam shared by Brazil and Paraguay?
What is the Itaipu Dam.