Latin America - Physical Geography & Climate Regions (Ch. 7-1 & 2)

Question 1

A Mediterranean climate is found here.

Accepted Answer

Central Chile

Question 2

Similar to the Great Plains of North America

Accepted Answer

Pampas

Question 3

One of the driest places on Earth

Accepted Answer

Atacama

Question 4

Mined in Colombia

Accepted Answer

emeralds

Question 5

Which of the following is Latin America’s largest lake?

Accepted Answer

Lake Maracaibo

Question 6

Mineral mined in Jamaica

Accepted Answer

bauxite

Question 7

What makes the soil fertile in Middle America?

Accepted Answer

ash and lava

Question 8

The Andes form ____ .

Accepted Answer

a cordillera

Question 9

What is the Paraná?

Accepted Answer

a river that flows into an estuary

Question 10

Changes in air pressure, temperature, and rainfall in the Pacific Ocean

Accepted Answer

El Niño

Question 11

Mined in Cuba

Accepted Answer

nickel

Question 12

Ships use the Panama Canal to shorten travel time between the ____ .

Accepted Answer

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Question 13

The world’s longest mountain system

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 14

To produce gasohol, Brazil uses gasoline mixed with alcohol produced from ____ .

Accepted Answer

sugarcane

Question 15

Has largest reserves of oil in Latin America

Accepted Answer

Venezuela

Question 16

Countries that are mostly covered by the Pampas

Accepted Answer

Argentina & Uruguay

Question 17

Which of the following is grown in the tierra caliente?

Accepted Answer

bananas

Question 18

Which of the following make up Middle America?

Accepted Answer

Mexico and Central America

Question 19

Which of the following is an isthmus?

Accepted Answer

Central America

Question 20

“hot land”

Accepted Answer

tierra caliente

Question 21

El Niño takes place when the temperature of the Pacific waters off Peru’s coast are ____ .

Accepted Answer

unusually warm

Question 22

A dry climate is found here

Accepted Answer

Northern Mexico

Question 23

Mineral mined in Mexico

Accepted Answer

silver

Question 24

In which of the following altitude zones can the temperature be as low as 20˚F?

Accepted Answer

tierra helada

Question 25

Another name for the Caribbean islands

Accepted Answer

West Indies

Question 26

Where is the Amazon Basin located?

Accepted Answer

east of the Andes

Question 27

The rain forests of South America provide ____ .

Accepted Answer

rubber

Question 28

How many tectonic plates meet in Middle America?

Accepted Answer

four

Question 29

Important export crop in Latin America

Accepted Answer

coffee

Question 30

The Andes have four altitude zones of climate. Which zone begins at 6,000 feet?

Accepted Answer

tierra fría

Question 31

Powerful hurricanes often strike the Caribbean islands during which months?

Accepted Answer

June to November

Question 32

Area where river currents and ocean tides meet

Accepted Answer

Estuary

Question 33

umbrella-like covering of leaves

Accepted Answer

canopy

Question 34

Vast rain forests are found in which climate zone?

Accepted Answer

tropical wet

Question 35

Group of islands

Accepted Answer

Archipelago

Question 36

Which country is the world’s largest exporter of copper?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 37

The Amazon River is approximately how long?

Accepted Answer

4,000 miles

Question 38

Zone of highest elevation in the Andes

Accepted Answer

tierra helada

Question 39

"cold land"

Accepted Answer

Tierra fríta

Question 40

The largest country in Latin America

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Latin America - Physical Geography & Climate Regions (Ch. 7-1 & 2)

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Latin America - Physical Geography & Climate Regions (Ch. 7-1 & 2)

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