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Latin America 1
6th Grade Social Studies: Unit 9 - Latin America Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Gulf of Mexico/ America? | The Gulf of Mexico/ America is a huge body of water off the southeast coast of North America. |
| What are the Sierra Madre Mountains? | A mountain range in Mexico |
| What is the Panama Canal? | The Panama Canal is a lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a narrow Isthmus and Panama. |
| Where can you find the Panama Canal? | you can find the canal in Panama by the pacific and Atlantic Ocean |
| What is the Caribbean Sea? | arm of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Where can you find the Caribbean Sea? | The Caribbean Sea surrounds the island of the West Indies. |
| What are the Andes Mountains? | Largest continental mountain range in the world, consisting of 4500 miles along the west coast of south America |
| Where can you find the Andes Mountains? | South America |
| What is the Atacama Desert? | a desert plateau in South America |
| Where can you find the Atacama Desert? | Northern Chile |
| What is the Amazon River? | 2nd largest river in the world (1st is the Nile River) |
| Where can you find the Amazon River? | South America |
| What is the Pacific Ocean? | the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of earth's five oceanic division |
| Where can you find the Pacific Ocean? | The Pacific Ocean extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to Antarctica in the south. it is located between the continent of Asia and Australia on the west north and south America on the east |