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Mexico
Central America
Caribbean
South America
Natural Wonders
100
What are the different terrains of Mexico?
High, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus and desert.
100
What is the common geographic characteristic of Central America?
A chain of rugged mountains extending through the center of the region.
100
Only ____ and _____ were affected by colonization. Since the islands are somewhat far apart, slavery did not spread as easily, and there was not much cultural diffusion between the islands in the Caribbean, so there is a different culture in each one. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
Jamaica, Barbados
100
Mountains and coastal plans generally sun in a ___________ direction
north-south
100
Angel Falls are the _____ falls in the world, the falls drop an impressive ____ downward. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
highest, 979m
200
What are the three main rivers of Mexico?
Balsas, Rio Grande, Yaqui
200
The lowlands are generally __, ___, and often plagued by disease. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
hot, humid
200
The highest and lowest points of the Caribbean both lie within which country?
Dominican Republic
200
Within a few hundred kilometers, South America’s coastal plains’ dry desert biome rises to the rugged alpine biome of the ________. One of the continent’s river basins (the Amazon) is defined by dense, tropical _________, while the other (Paraná) is made up of vast _______. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
Andes mountains, rain forest, grasslands.
200
The Galapagos Islands orginially inspired Darwin's theory of _____ by natural selection. Many animals there today are unafraid of humans.
evolution
300
The Highest elevation of Mexico is the _____ at 18,701 feet
Volcan Pico de Orizaba
300
With the exception of ______ each of the other five Central American republics borders the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
El Salvador
300
Cuba is a large group or chain of islands, called an archipelago. More than half of the island consists of ___ and ___. Cuba also contains two mountain ranges. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
hills, valleys
300
South America’s primary mountain system, the Andes, is also the world’s ______. The range covers about 8,850 kilometers. There are hundreds of peaks more than 4,500 meters tall, many of which are ____. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
longest, volcanic
300
The Iguazu Falls borders three countries: Argentina, Brazil and ____. It comprises of ___ cascades. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
Paraguay, 275
400
The lowest elevation of Mexico is the ____ at 33 feet below sea-level
Laguna Salada
400
The region contains some valuable natural resources, name them. (5) (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
nickel, iron ore, fish, timber, oil
400
Cuba has over ___ rivers and streams. Yet most of these shallow waterways are very shallow and narrow
200
400
The Amazon rain forest has as many as 100 __________ on a single acre. . More than _ million species of insects are native to the region, including hundreds of spiders and butterflies. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
different tree species, 2
400
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest ___ flat. Salar de Uyuni was formed from several prehistoric ____ and is now covered with a crust of salt. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
salt, lakes
500
Mexico can be seen to be split into 3 main parts. The Northern sector is very much like ______ in the US. The Middle sector is primarily a ____ plateau. The Southern sector is ecotourism haven, with seacoasts, ____ and marshes. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
Desert Southwest, volcanic, jungles
500
Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect? ( The (A)____ and the (P)____ Ocean) (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
Atlantic, Pacific
500
The Bahamas consists of more than ____ islands spreading across more than 100,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. In the nations capital Nassau, they average _ inches of rain every summer. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
700, 7
500
The Atacama Desert is part of the western coastal plain. The Atacama is considered the _____ region in the world. The average rainfall is about 1 millimeter (0.04 inches) a year, and some parts of the Atacama have never had rain in recorded history. Yet the Atacama is rich in ____. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
driest, copper
500
Chile's Torres del Paine National Park features a playground of _________ and __________. (leave a comma and a space between your answers)
mountain ranges, glacial lakes