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TD Unit 3
Latin America and the Caribbean
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Border Towns | town close to the boundary between two countries stats, or regions. Usually the term implies that is is one of the things the town is most famous |
| Caribbean Sea | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf Stream |
| Galapagos Island | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador, known for unusual animal life |
| Panama Canal | a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by US, joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and a key conduit for international maritime trade |
| Rio do Janeiro | 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port, famous as a tourist attraction |
| Yucatan Peninsula | a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea |
| Amazon | large river in South America |
| Andes | mountain range in South America along the western cost |
| Carnival | a festival marked by merrymaking and processions, festive season which occurs immediately before Lent, the main events are usually during February |
| Where is Mexico? | Mexico is just South of the US border |
| What countries make up Central America? | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama |
| What countries make up South America? | Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guiana |
| What are the four bodies of water near Mexico? | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea |
| What is the only major mountain range? | Andes |
| Which dessert is perhaps the driest dessert in the world? | Atacama |
| What is is by far the most visited destination in South America? | Brazil |
| What is the capital of Mexico? | Mexico City |
| The Baja Peninsula | visitors travel to bargin at the thousand little shops, engage in nightlife, and to say they’ve been to Mexico |
| The Mexican Riviera | famous for it’s resorts including Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Mazatlan |
| The Copper Canyon | almost as dramatic as Arizona’s Grand Canyon, stretches through North-central Mexico, train rides available |
| The Colonial Region | Mexico was long a Spanish colony and briefly a French one, remnants of this colonial past mark many of Mexico’s inland cities |
| How is the weather in the winter in Mexico? | warm, dry, and inviting |
| What are the four misgivings about Mexico? | Sickness, Language Barrier, Poverty is a problem-crime, corruptions, street begging, Food disagrees with some people |
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