Landforms & Landscape
Distance of Latin America from north to south
What is 7,000 miles?
Major body of water that is located to the east of Latin America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Ancient technique for growing crops where farmers cut step-like horizontal fields into hillsides and mountain slopes.
What is terraced farming?
Venezuela and Mexico have major reserves for this natural resource.
What is oil?
Largest city in all of Latin America, with a population of about 8.9 million people.
What is Mexico City?
Savannas with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make it suitable for farming. Mainly found in Brazil.
What is cerrado?
Body of water that flows 1,500 miles along the Venezuela-Colombia border and is home to many remaining Native American tribes.
What is the Orinoco River?
Circumstances that drive you away from a place and circumstances that attract you to a place are known as what?
What are push-and-pull factors?
Natural gas is very prevalent in which two Caribbean islands?
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
The countries of Guatemala and Panama are located in which part of Latin America?
What is Central America?
Mountainous or hilly sections of the country that is located in the southeast section of South America.
What is the Highlands?
Body of water that flows 4,000 miles from east to west and carries more water to the ocean than any other river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
Controversial method of clearing fields used by natives where they cut down trees, grass, and brush and burn it at all the same time.
What is Slash-and-Burn?
Hydroelectric power, natural gas, and oil are all natural resources that can be found in which Latin American country?
What is Brazil?
The countries of French Guiana and Paraguay are located in which part of Latin America?
What is South America?
Grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing and farming. Mainly found in Colombia and Venezuela.
What is that same type of landscape called that can be found mainly in northern Argentina and Uruguay?
What is the Llanos?
What is the Pampas?
Body of water that flows 4,000 miles from east to west and carries more water to the ocean than any other river in the world.
The last part of this body of water that connects it to the ocean is called what?
What is the Parana River?
What is the Rio de la Plata?
Slums spread, unemployment & crime rates increase, environmental issues, and local governments lacking finances to support population increase are all negative side effects of what process?
What is urbanization in Latin American cities?
Once natural resources are collected in Latin America, what do they do with them in order to make money?
What is: they export them to other countries?
Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica are located in which island group of the Caribbean?
What is the Greater Antilles?
Mountain range that runs through the western portion of North, Central, and South America. What are the three different names this mountain range is called in those locations?
What is: the "Rockies" in the U.S., "Sierra Madre" in Mexico, and the "Andes Mountains" in South America.
Reason that Central America & the Caribbean Islands don't depend on river systems like South America does?
What is: Central America & the Caribbean Islands are surrounded by water and all countries have immediate access to water, but in South America some inland countries do not have access to surrounding bodies of water?
Pros: bring money to countries, create new jobs, boost local businesses
Cons: congestion in cities, increased pollution, strain on local communities, obvious gap between rich and poor, large public debts run up by local governments, and absentee owners making bad decisions for country.
The statements listed above are pros and cons of what industry in Latin America?
What is tourism?
Brazil is able to produce such high volumes of hydroelectric power for what reason?
What is: due to the many rivers and waterfalls that are present in Brazil?
Islands that are divided into Windward and Leeward are located in which island group of the Caribbean?
What is the Lesser Antilles?