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13 Cards in this Set
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Regions of Latin America |
Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and South America
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Isthmus
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a strip of land that connects two landmasses
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Pampas |
Flat grasslands in South America
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Plateau |
Large raised area of mostly level land |
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Amazon River
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South America's longest river
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Rain Forest |
dense evergreen forest that has large amounts of annual rainfall |
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Tributary |
A river or stream flowing into a larger river |
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Middle America |
Mexico and Central America |
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Facts about Mexico's Central Plateau |
Lies between two mountain ranges Majority of people live there Has many active volcanoes |
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Facts about Caribbean Islands |
Smaller ones made of coral (skeletons of sea animals) Larger ones are the tops of volcanoes |
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3 factors that affect climate are: |
Elevation Location Wind Patterns |
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Economy |
The ways that goods and services are made available to people |
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One-Resource Economy |
A country's economy based largely on only resource or crop. Problem- If resource/crop destroyed than country has no income. |
