Latin America

Type of tourism that focuses on guided travel through natural/outdoor activities.

Which of the following factors influences Mexico's climate?

Where can the world's tallest waterfall, Angel Falls, be found?

Series of high plateaus created by erosion.

When did Mexico gain their independence from Spain?

Peoples native to a region.

Where is Mexico City located?

Rock or sand layers that contain oil.

Where does most of South America's population live?

What is the major mountain range in South America?

What is Mexico's most valuable natural resource?

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.

A type of tree with roots that will grow in saltwater.

Self-governing territory associated with another country.

Which of the following mountain ranges is NOT found in Mexico?

Large estates usually owned by wealthy families but worked by many peasants.

Caribbean Community and Common Market; works to promote industry.

What landform makes up most of Mexico?

The line of elevation above which trees do not grow.

What is the world's largest river by volume?

Haitian version of traditional African religious beliefs blended with elements of Christianity.

Weather pattern in which the eastern Pacific Ocean is warmer than normal creating wetter than normal climate.

A steep sided depression that forms when the roof of a cave collapses.

What is the driest region in South America?

What group of people were the last great empire in Mexico?

What Spanish explorer conquered the early peoples of Mexico?

What civilization dominated ancient Peru?

What civilization flourished in Central America between 300 and 900?

What is Central America's most important resource?

Who led the Spanish troops which conquered Peru?

How much of Mexico's population lives in the Greater Mexico City area?

Why have people begun to move to Mexico's Gulf Lowlands?

What nation colonized most of Central America?

What nation is the only Central American country where Spanish is not the official language?

Where are the Bahamas located?

What two groups of islands are the West Indies divided into?