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unit3, ch.6, sec.1
social studies test 10-5-11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Timber | wood used as buildiing material |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two landmassses |
| Deciduous | a tree that loses its leaves each year |
| Oriental | eastern |
| Occidental | western |
| El Nino | when high air pressure in the South Pacific causes certain winds over the ocean to die out and the suns warm surface water flows towards North and South America |
| Tropical Zone | lies between the latitudes 23 27' north and 23 27' south and it is typically hot |
| Deforestation | the process of cutting and clearing away trees from a forest |
| Tributary | rivers or streams that flow into a large body of water |
| Caribbean | east of Central America some islands used to be coral reefs coral is living- very sharp it will die if you touch it |
| Amazon River | 1 starts in Peruvian Andes 2 flows 4,000 miles to the Atlantic 3 starts as a trickle of water |
| Pampas | 1 largest rivers start in Andes 2 drain to the plains 3 flow to Atlantic Ocean 4 Orizaba and Popo- Amazon |
| South America -Andes Mountains- | 5,000 miles long -west of South America- Continuous range -never broken- no gaps |
| Isthmus of Panama | a land that links North and South America |
| Central America -Pacific Coast- | 40 lines of volcanoes=900 miles most active in all of north and south America put together |
| Central America -Mountains- = 80% | bridge between mexico and South Americalowlands = rainforest coverd with trees highlands- deciduous trees lose leave highland= not warm enough |
| Major Mountains in Mexico City | Sierra Madre west, Sierra Madre east, between them is the Central Plain- desert Major Mountain Peaks= 1 Orizaba 2 Popo= Active Volcanoes |
| Mexico City | 2nd most populated city in the world, problems with locatiom 1 Surrounded by mountains and traps pollution, wind some, rain more clean 2 Built on a dry lake bed- vulnerable to Earthquakes,very big earthquake- think of flour on desk |
| Latin America | region settled by the Spainish and portuguese their language is from the latin language |
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