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11-1 Latin America Land and Water
11-1 Latin America Land and Water
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The Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay Rivers form the ____________ system
Rio de la Plata
Mississippi
Orinoco
Amazon
2
What three regions make up Latin America?
C.America, Mexico, Caribbean
caribbean, middle america, andes
Caribbean, pampas, andes
Caribbean, Middle America,S. America
3
More than 1,000 _____ spill into the Amazon River.
tributaries
seas
lakes
tears
4
East of the Andes Mountains are rolling __________
mountains
highlands
plains
plateaus
5
At 12,550 feet, Lake Titicaca is the highest _____ in the world with ships traveling on it.
lake
bay
ocean
river
6
Large, raised area of mostly level land
rain forest
pampas
isthmus
plateau
7
Which 5, 500 mile long mountain range runs along the western coast of S. America?
Rocky Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Andes Moutains
Appalachian Mountains
8
What two types of islands make up the Caribbean
coral and tops of underwater mountains
mountains
plateaus and hills
mountains and plains
9
What landform dominates much of Latin America, especially South America?
coral
mountain ranges
pampas
isthmuses
10
Which two countries are found in the Caribbean Islands.
Cuba and Jamaica
Mexico and Panama
Uruguay and Venezuela
Brazil and Puerto Rico
11
________ provide natural highways, food, and power for electricity
Plains
Hills
Mountains
Rivers
12
narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land?
isthmus
plateau
pampas
Amazon River
13
Narrow coastal _________ and active __________are found in Middle America?
plains, isthmuses
mountains,hills
plateaus, basins
plains, volcanoes
14
A long river in northern South America?
pampas
rain forest
Amazon River
isthmus
15
Where is Latin America located?
Northern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
16
Dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall throughout the year?
plateau
pampas
rain forest
Amazon River
17
Where in Latin America is the world's largest tropical rain forest found?
Brazillian Highlands
Lake Titicaca
Amazon River Basin
Pampas
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flat grassland regions
isthmus
rain forest
plateau
pampas