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39 Cards in this Set
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Middle America is another name for
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Mexico and Central America
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Another name for the Caribbean Islands
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West Indies
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Three groups of the Caribbean Islands
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Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles
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Latin America is made up of
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Middle America
South America West Indies (Caribbean) |
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Mountain Range of Mexico
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Sierra Madre
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Mountain Range of South America
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Andes
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Length of the Amazon River
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4,000 mi
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Mountain range of North America
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Rockies
Appalachians |
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In Peru and Bolivia, the Andes encircle a region called ______ which means "high plain."
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Altiplano
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Mexico's mountain ranges are called
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Sierra Madre Oriental (East) Sierra Madre Occidental (West)
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Parallel mountain ranges
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cordilleras
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Hills and low flatlands of southern Argentina
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Patagonia
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Area of land between the parallel Sierra Madre mountain ranges
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Mexican Plateau
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Sparsely populated plateau of forests and grasslands covering much of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
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Mato Grosso Plateau
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A steep cliff or slope running down from a plateau into the ocean
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escarpment
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grasslands of Colombia and Venezuela are called ___________ and the cowboys there are called ___________.
Grasslands in Argentina and Uruguay are called __________ and the cowboys there are called __________. |
llanos
llaneros (Colombia/Venez.) pampas gauchos (Argentina/Uru.) |
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River forming the border between Mexico and the US.
Also called what? |
Rio Grande
Rio Bravo del Norte ("Wild River of the North") |
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Biggest river in S. America
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Amazon
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Power from water/rivers
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hydroelectric power
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The 3 rivers (Parana, Paraguay and Uruguay) form the 2nd largest river system in S. America. They flow into an estuary called the ___________
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Rio de la Plata
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An area where the tide meets a river
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estuary
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How do mountains help the farmers?
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By blocking the winds that blow away crop seeds
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Natural resources of Latin America
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minerals, forests, farmland, water, oil, natural gas, gold, silver, precious stones, copper, tin, bauxite.
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Why don't all of Latin America's countries share their natural resources equally?
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~ lack of capital for development
~ geographic inaccessibility ~ social & political division |
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CLIMATE REGIONS
Brazil |
Tropical rain forest (north)
Tropical savannah (south) |
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CLIMATE REGIONS
Andes Mountains |
Highlands
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CLIMATE REGIONS
Venezuela, Guyana, etc. |
Tropical savannah
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CLIMATE REGIONS
Paraguay, Uruguay |
Humid Subtropical
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a continuous layer of leaves in the Amazon
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canopy
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The Earth's largest rain forest is located here, in the _________ _________
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Amazon Basin
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True or False: The Amazon rain forest shelters more species of plants and animals per square mile than anywhere else in the world.
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True
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Climate of SW Mexico, Caribbean, and north-central S America
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Tropical Savannah
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Climate of SE S America, Argentina and Uruguay
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Humid Subtropic
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Climate of N Mexico, coastal Peru and Chile, and SE coast of Argentina
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Desert
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Desert in Chile where rainshadow effect means virtually no rain, ever
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Atacama Desert
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True or False:
Latin America's climate is more affected by its distance from the equator than by its elevation. |
False. It's climate is more affected by elevation than by the equator.
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Vertical climate zones:
Top layer Crops: |
Tierra fria (cold land)
Crops: potatoes, wheat, apples |
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Vertical climate zones:
Middle layer Crops: |
Tierra templada (temperate land)
Crops: coffee, corn, citrus fruit |
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Vertical climate zones:
Bottom layer Crops: |
Tierra caliente (hot land)
Crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice and cacao |
