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Geography: Latin American Physical Features
Geography: Latin American Physical Features
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A class review of Latin America
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4) What climate is found in North America but not in Latin America?
highland climates
tropical climates
tundra climates
desert climates
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2) What are the most common climate types found in Latin America?
tropical climate zones
temperate climate zones
arctic climate zones
dry climate zones
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8) What river begins in the Brazilian highlands and moves south through Paraguay?
the Usamacinta River
the Paraná River
the Amazon River
the Paraguay River
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7) What is the desert located in Chile called?
the Atacama desert
the Sahara
the Patagonian desert
the Monte desert
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9) The western coast of Latin America is located along what geographic feature?
the Great Plains
the Great Rift Valley
the Pacific Ring of Fire
the Arctic Circle
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6) What is the longest river in the Western Hemisphere?
the Amazon
the Nile
the Mississippi
the Indus
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5) In 2010, which two countries experienced devastating earthquakes?
Argentina and the Dominican Republic
Mexico and Guatemala
Haiti and Chile
Brazil and Columbia
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10) What set of islands lie just off the coast of Ecuador?
the Falkland Islands
the Galapagos
Easter Island
Cuba
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11) How high did the 2010 Chilean earthquake measure on the Richter Scale?
8.8
8.0
9.5
7.3
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1) What are the mountains located along the western edge of South America called?
the Andes Mountains
the Brazilian Highlands
the Sierra Madre
the Rocky Mountains
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3) What are the five climate zones of the Latin American highlands determined by?
ocean currents
wind currents
latitude
elevation