Physical Regions
This chain of mountains runs along the western edge of South America and is the longest in the world.
What are the Andes Mountains?
Which civilization used hieroglyphics and was located in southern Mexico and Central America?
Who were the Maya?
Which climate zone is characterized by dense forests with lush vegetation and includes the Amazon?
What is Tropical Wet (Rainforest)?
What is the largest river system in the world that empties into the Atlantic?
What is the Amazon River?
Name the mountain ranges in Mexico referred to as the "Mother Mountains."
What are the Sierra Madres?
Around which central Mexican city was the Aztec capital, where modern Mexico City now stands?
What is Tenochtitlan?
What climate has hot temperatures with seasonal rain and grasslands dotted with trees?
What is Tropical Wet and Dry (Savanna)?
Which river serves as a physical barrier between the United States and Mexico?
What is the Rio Grande?
What is the term for the island groups that include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico?
What are the Greater Antilles?
Which European group conquered the region of Latin America?
Who were the Spanish?
Which desert is especially dry because of the rain-shadow effect caused by the Andes?
What is the Atacama Desert?
Name the river that connects Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina and provides hydroelectric power.
What is the Paraná River?
Give the Spanish term for locations at the base of the mountains in Latin America where tropical crops are grown.
What is Tierra Caliente?
What ancient empire of Latin America was home to Machu Picchu?
What was the Inca?
Describe vertical zonation in one sentence.
It is the pattern of different plants growing at different elevations due to temperature drops as altitude increases.
What human-made waterway cuts through the Isthmus of Panama?
What is the Panama Canal?
Name the South American grassland regions known for cattle/wheat and rice/sugar cane/corn.
What are the Pampas and the Llanos?
Which peninsula is home to ancient Mayan remains?
What is the Yucatan?
Name two climate zones that have cool or mild rainy seasons and support forests or chaparral.
What are Marine West Coast and Mediterranean?
Give the word to describe locations such as Bolivia who rely on river systems to move goods interior.
What is landlocked?