Intro. to Latin America Vocab.

Which European country's conquistadors conquered much of Latin America

highest navigable lake in the world in Peru and Bolivia

the action of clearing a wide area of trees without replanting

what religion are most people in Latin America

What is the world's longest mountain chain

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What are Gauchos?

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dominated by the Andes Mountain range, which continent is south of North America

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority; (ex:) Aztecs built theirs in Mexico

What country had both the Aztecs and the Maya

region of the western hemisphere heavily influenced by Spain & Portugal

a narrow strip of land that links two larger landmasses...Panama is one

Patagonia is in Southern South America

What country, which is directly south of the USA, is technically a part of North America,is also a part of LatinAmerica

the Mayans were known for...

What were the Mayan mythical hero twins good at?

This map shows the distribution of over 75 % of the world's earthquakes. What is this area called?

According to many experts:The Amazon Rainforest is the largest in the world and makes more than20% of the world's oxygen

What country has the ice fields of Torres Del Paine?

Which country is Angel Falls in?

what mountains have Machu Picchu?

Yucatan Brand Guacamole avacados are actually from the state of Michoacan: what is shown in yellow

WHAT WAS THE MAIN CROP OF THE MESOAMERICANS?

In eastern Mexico, what is the Peninsula called that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico where the Mayans were?

Where is the Strait of Magellan?

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How many Irelands and UK's could fit in the Amazon Basin

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covers much of the center of the continent of South America; drained by the Amazon River

an equinox is a day where day and night are the same length and was special to the Mayans

land area between Mexico and South America.includes Panama, CostaRica, Nicaragua, Honduras, ElSalvador, Guatemala,Belize

Tours with a conscience...wildlife tours, nature tours , tours of Mayan ruins and giving back to locals are examples of:

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

Historically what isolated many communities in Latin America?

The mountain ranges in Mexico that mean Mother Mountains are the

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What is the yellow area called?

What city is the Jesus statue in?

The Mexican flag has an eagle eating a snake, but to be true to the Aztec legend, the eagle should be eating a...

Mexico & Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and South America are the 3 sub-regions of:

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Geographers often divide Latin America into 3 regions...which of these is not one?

tourism directed toward often threatened, natural environments, to support conservation efforts & observe wildlife

People from Latin America

ethnic groups who are native to a particular place

Where can we find Machu Picchu?