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Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
The Environment in Latin America
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The Western Hemisphere's longest river
What is the Amazon?
100
The official religion of the Spanish colonists
What is Catholicism?
100
This geographic feature in Latin America is important to the world because it filters carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
What is the Amazon Rain Forest?
100
When food is grown to support families
What is subsistence farming?
100
The largest part of the Latin American ________ lives along the coasts of Latin America
What is population?
200
This greatly influences Latin America's climate
What is elevation?
200
The best known festival in all of Latin America
What is Carnival?
200
This group is most responsible for the deforestation of the rain forest
What are logging companies?
200
A migration of people from rural areas to cities
What is urbanization?
200
This makeshift community formed on the edge of cities is a direct result of urbanization
What are shantytowns?
300
Much of Latin America lies between these two points
What is the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
300
They are remembered for their skill in mathematics and astronomy
What are the Mayans?
300
Some large Latin American cities have problems with this
What is air pollution?
300
A blending of beliefs and practices
What is syncretism?
300
The tropical climate of the Amazon basin results from its location and ___________
What is rainfall?
400
This is the worlds highest navigable lake, located in the Andes
What is Lake Titicaca?
400
The first Latin American Country to gain its independence
What is Haiti?
400
A lack of funds and geographic barriers form a challenge to this in Latin America
What is road building?
400
Factories owned by foreign companies
What is a maquiladora?
400
Having a variety of plants and animals in one area
What is biodiversity?
500
This feature in Chile, was produced by the rain shadow effect
What is the Atacama Desert?
500
This, has blended with Catholicism
What is traditional Mayan beliefs?
500
Physical Geography, Political Instability, and Ties to more developed nations are reasons for this, in Latin America
What is the reason for limited industrial growth?
500
These are parallel mountain ranges
What are cordillera?
500
This is a climate zone in Latin America with the elevation range of 2500 to 6000 feet.
What is tierra templada?