Question | Answer |
The mountains on the western edge of South America are the... | Andes Mountains |
The three highlands climate zones are determined by... | Elevation |
The pampas consist primarily of... | Short grasses |
The tropical climate of the Amazon Basin results form its location and... | Amount of rainfall. |
Latin America includes... | Middle America, The Carribean, and South America. |
The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest... | Rain forest. |
The Rio de la Plata is a large____where three rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean. | estuary |
The largest lake in Central America is Lake | Nicaragua |
Jai alai is a popular______in South America. | Sport |
When did most Latin American countries gain their independence? | 1900's |
The blending of beliefs and practices from different religioins is called... | Syncretism |
Who was Simon Bolivar? | He was a Venezuelan who won freedom for Venezuela, Columbia, Equador, Peru, and Bolivia. |
When did the Maya dominate southern Mexico? | AD 250 to 900. |
According to the Aztec, _____ was the "food of the gods" | xocoatl, (chocolate) |
Africans first came to Latin America as... | Enslaved people |
Where was the Aztec city of Tenochititlan located? | Mexico City, Mexico |
Some Latin America countries need debt relief because... | Foreign debt has grown. The country's incomes fell. |
Minifunida are farms... | Intensively farmed by campesinos to feed thier own families. |
When ranchers plant grass on butned rain forest lands, the grass... | Dries out in four years. |
Ciudad Juarez has many maquiladoras, or... | Foreign manufacturing companies built in Latin America. |
To finance industrial development, many countries in Latin America have had to... | Combine necisary human and natural resouces with relatively stable government and active business communities. |
The ______ are the world's largest Mountain Range | Andes Mountains |
The continent of ________ is the largest land area of Latin American. | South America |
The ______ are a chain of volcanic mountains in Cental America | Central Highlands |
The _______ and llanos are grasslands in South America. | Pampas |
Major deposits of _______ are found in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea. | Oil |
Electricity created by harnessing the power of flowing river water is called... | Hydroelectric power |
The tropical highlands are divided into three zones based on latitude and _______. | Climate |
A trans-Andean highway links cities in Chile and _______. | Argentina |
Cutting and clearing rainforests is known as ________. | Deforestation |
Latin American countries with skilled workers and many ________ are industrializing rapidly. | Resources |
Shantytowns are known as _______ in Sao Paulo. | Favelas |
Latin American countries have begun to reverse _________ through education and economic imporvements. | Quality of Life |