Central and South America

The second most populated country in South America is ______.

Brazil is the world’s largest supplier of ___________.

Farmers in northern Mexico have to use __________ to get water to crops.

The Aztecs believed the Spanish were the god _____ come to destroy them.

The Incas were conquerored by the conquistador ________.

The Southern Grasslands are crossed by rivers that run into the __________.

The ruins of the Incan city ______ draws many tourists to Peru.

Brazil contains around half of South America’s population and __________.

The second longest river in the world, the _________ runs through Brazil.

Brazil is a major producer of ________ which is used to make chocolate.

The Aztec city of Tenochitlan was built on the present location of ________.

Central America is an __________ between North and South America.

The Mayans settled in what is now ________________.

The three countries that make up the Southern Grasslands are Uruguay, Paraguay, and _______.

The __ allows ships to move from the Atlantic to Pacific without sailing around South America.

Mexico extends south to the _______.

The oldest civilizations in North America are the _______ and Mayans.

The Northern Tropics are the countries of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and ____.

In central Mexico, ______ is a major problem and has caused many people to live in slums.

The _______ is the longest unbroken mountain chain in the world.

Most people in Colombia work on farms growing _______.

The capital city of the Incas was _____.

3 major landform regions make up Central America, the mountainous core, Caribbean Islands, and

The pampas region of South America is its ___ producing 80% of the grain for South America.

South of the pampas is the _________ where people raise sheep.

Many people in Ecuador and Peru speak ____________.

The Southern Grasslands used to be home to the __________ or cowboys who raised cattle.

The _________ in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth.

When the ______ reached Brazil they established many sugar plantations.

The Brazilian government has set up __________ to help keep Native Americans safe.

In the southeast region of Brazil, _______ is the largest cash crop.

_________ gets its name from a Native American word meaning “river of the painted bird.”

The official language of Suriname is ______.

The Spanish Conquistador, ___________ took over the Aztec Empire.

Many species of plants and animals in Brazil are threatened by ____________.

Mexico remained a Spanish colony until __________.

The Pacific Coast of Central America is good for farming because of ______.

Most people in Central America are Native American, Spanish, or ________.

______ is dominated by mountain ranges, the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental.

Along Mexico’s west coast is a peninsula called ______________.

Southern Mexico is not good for farming; however, _________ has become a huge industry there.

The ___________ developed an empire in the AndesMountains.

The grasslands called _____________ are some of South America’s most famous features.

The official language of French Guiana is ______.

An important group in Central America are the _____ who migrated to work on banana plantations.

_____ is Mexico's most populated area because of its rich farmland and nice climate.

The official language of Guyana is ____________.

The _________ dominated central Mexico until the Spanish arrived.

Most people in the Guyanas are either of African or _________ descent.

The most important crop that comes from Latin America is _____.