Geography Questions (Chapter 9)

Front 1

What Latin American country has the largest number of large metropolitan areas?

Back 1

Brazil

Front 2

Across which countries in South America does the Equator pass?

Back 2

Ecuador, Columbia, and Brazil

Front 3

In what modern country is the Yucatan Peninsula located?

Back 3

Mexico

Front 4

Name two national capitals in Central America that are located on or near the seacoast.

Back 4

Guatemala, Guatemala and El Salvador, San Salvador

Front 5

Name the two mountain ranges that lie on either side of Mexico's central plateau

Back 5

Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental

Front 6

What are the four largest islands in the Carribean Sea?

Back 6

Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico

Front 7

Between which two countries does the Llanos lie?

Back 7

Columbia and Venezuela

Front 8

What part of South America is most sparsely populated?

Back 8

Central South America

Front 9

What is the population density in central Mexico?

Back 9

520 people per square mile

Front 10

What areas of the Caribbean islands have the greatest population density?

Back 10

Havana, San Juan, and Cuba

Front 11

What group of Caribbean islands are closest to where hurricanes form?

Back 11

Lesser Antilles

Front 12

What kind of climate and vegetaion are found on the coast of Peru and northern Chile?

Back 12

the highlands climate and arid climate, and desert vegetation

Front 13

What kinds of vegetation are found on the Yucatan Peninsula?

Back 13

Chaparrel, Tropical rain forest, and Tropical grassland

Front 14

Where are tropical rain forests found in Latin America outside the Amazon Basin?

Back 14

Most of Mexico, Central America, Tropical Islands, and parts of Uruguay

Front 15

In what countries of South America do many people still live by livestock raising?

Back 15

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay

Front 16

Name three countries that have deposits of silver or gold.

Back 16

Panama (gold), Nicaragua (silver), and Mexico (gold)

Front 17

In what areas of Latin America is commercial farming an important economic activity?

Back 17

Southeastern Brazil, Cuba, and Eastern Argentina

Front 18

Besides tourism, what other economic activities take place in the Caribbean islands? What islands have mineral resources?

Back 18

Coal mining and Petroleum industries are important economic activities in the Caribbean. They have Nickel in Cuba

Front 19

What economic activities take place in the areas settled by people of Indian ancestry?

Back 19

hunting and gathering and subsistence farming

Front 20

What are some landforms that dominate western Latin America?

Back 20

Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Andes Mountains

Front 21

What are the three groups of islands in the Caribbean region?

Back 21

The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas

Front 22

Why are population patterns in Mesoamerica and in South America different?

Back 22

Different people like to live in different areas

Front 23

What is the largest country in Latin America?

Back 23

Brazil

Front 24

What countries are at the border where Central America meets South America?

Back 24

Panama and Columbia

Front 25

LATIN AMERICA

Back 25

Mexico (1)
Central America (7)
Caribbean (?)
South America (12)