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Latin America Geog.
Geography of Latin America
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Suitable for farming | Arable |
| The average annual weather conditions in a given location | Climate |
| Any raw material or agricultural product that is bought and sold | Commodoties |
| Climate characterized by mild temperatures | Temperate |
| A parallel latitude located south of the equator at 23.5º S | Tropic of Capricorn |
| An industrialized area of a city or town | Urban |
| Wood that has been cut into planks for commercial construction use | Lumber |
| The destruction of a forested area, typically as a result of human activities | Deforestation |
| An atmospheric phenomenon whereby vehicle exhaust and factory smoke combine with fog | Smog |
| Geographic term for countries located along the Andes mountain range of South America | Andean |
| An area that is largely countryside; this is in contrast to an urban (i.e., city) area | Rural |
| This manmade waterway allows for the passage of vessels between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean | Panama Canal |
| A series of mountain ranges extending along the eastern, western, and southern sides of Mexico | Sierra Madres |
| Body of water located directly off the eastern coast of Mexico | Gulf of Mexico |
| Body of water located east of Central America and north of South America | Caribbean Sea |
| Extend down the western side of the entire continent for nearly 4,500 miles | Andes Mountains |
| Located primarily in Chile, is over 600 square miles in size and is the driest place on Earth | Atacama Desert |
| Located primarily in Brazil, the nearly 4,000-mile long river is the world’s second longest river after the Nile | Amazon River |
| The nation remains the only communist state in the western hemisphere | Cuba |
| Has the continent’s largest total land area, economy, and population | Brazil |
| An Andean nation with perhaps the strongest history of democracy in South America | Chile |
| Arguably the most troubled nation on the continent, particularly as relates to the illegal narcotics trade | Colombia |
| The United States’ southern neighbor and USMCA trading partner | Mexico |
| Famed for its canal of the same name | Panama |
| A city’s bus and train networks | Mass Transit Systems |
| Acts as atmospheric scrubbers for the planet – taking in carbon dioxide and converting it back into breathable, clean air. Covers an area of over 2 million square miles, is the world’s largest intact forest | Amazon Rainforest |
| Creating more factories to keep up with the demand of more products | Industrial Growth |
| The practice of growing crops or raising animals | Agriculture |
| The practice of raising herds of animals on large tracts of land usually they are cows, sheep, or goats | Cattle Ranching |
| The taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of selling them | Commercial Fishing |
| Trading or dealing illegal items such as drugs | Trafficking |
| To cut down and remove every tree from an area | Clear Cutting |
| A method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off. This is done to clear land for farming | Slash and Burn |
| The making of articles on a large scale using machinery; industrial production | Manufacturing |
| Situated at sea some distance from the shore | Offshore |
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