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19 Cards in this Set
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Name 3 indigenous Latin American empires:
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Aztec, Inca, and Mayan
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Name 3 island groups that make up the Caribbean:
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Bahamas, GreaterAntilles and Lesser Antilles
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Name 3 major geographic areas in Latin America:
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Middle America – (includes Mexico and the seven countries of Central America), Caribbean , South America
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Driest desert in the world:
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Atacama desert
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Grassy plain in Brazil:
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Mato Grasso plateau
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Conquistadors:
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Spanish conquerors
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Highest navigable lake in the world:
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Lake Titicaca
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Highest mountain in South America:
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Aconcagua in Argentina
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Longest mountain range in the world:
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The Andes
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Longest river in the Western Hemisphere:
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Amazon River
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Machismo:
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the practice of male supremacy
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Predominant language in Latin America:
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Spanish
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Southern flatlands:
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Patagonia
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Teirre Caliente:
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hot land, sea level to 2,500 ft
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Tierre Templada:
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warm land, sea level 2,500 ft to6,500 ft
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Tierre Fria:
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cold land, 6,500 ft to10,000 ft
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Where are the Andes?
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In South America, sit along the Ring of Fire
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World’s largest rain forest:
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Amazon rain forest
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Where are the Sierra Madres?
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Mexico, Patagonia
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