World Geography Unit VIII Review

Which geographical feature is most at risk in Latin America?

Which of the following are prominent mountain ranges in Mexico?

What was the primary reason Brasilia was built?

Where are most cattle raised in South America?

What is the most populous Spanish-speaking nation in the world?

If something is considered "imperative", what does that mean?

The Greater Antilles are islands made up of

Which of these island groups is in the Caribbean Sea?

What is the world's second-longest river called?

NAFTA stands for?

What body of water is north of Venezuela and south of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba?

What is the first country to gain independence in Latin America?

One of the driest places in the world is in this region of South America.

The Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental meet near Mexico City to form?

The dominant climate of Central America and the Caribbean islands is?

What forms much of Mexico's border with the US?

A main city of the Inca in the mountains of Peru was called:

Batista took control of Cuba with his forces and this is called a?

In the early 1960's, Brazil moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to?

The ocean/weather patterns that occur when Pacific waters are warmer than normal are called?

The world's highest non-interrupted waterfall is found in what country and named what?

Who was the Aztecs' most famous leader?

One major cause of poverty and unrest in South America is?

The Andes Mountains are most notable for being?

Which country introduced the concept of ecotourism in the region?

When families grow crops on their land to bring them to market, they are participating in a ?

What is the main cause of the decline of Central American people when the Europeans arrived?

Today we call the city "Mexico City", but when it was the Aztec's capital what was it called?

What is the official language of Belize?

What is the dominant religion in Latin America?

Both the Spanish and Portuguese languages are based on this language

The name of the Mexican priest who tried to lead his people to independence in 1810 was?

What are people of mixed African and European descent called?

Where do people still speak Mayan?

What do Haiti, Belize, French Guiana, and Brazil have in common?

Hernando Cortez conquered which American civilization?

People of mixed Native American and European descent are sometimes labelled?

Where did Voodoo originate?

Which nation colonized Brazil?

Most countries in Latin America were settled by the?

What is voodoo?

What is Lake Maracaibo's most valued resource

If you pass through the Panama Canal, you sail through these two bodies of water

Why do the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean have limited water resources?

The ocean/weather pattern that is caused when Pacific waters are cooler than normal is called?