Review Guide for Latin America Test
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1. List two archipelagoes that are found in Latin America.
Greater and Lesser Antilles
2. What is the name of the mountain range that runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes
3. Describe the topography of Mexico.
A plateau with two major mountain ranges on the east and west coast
4. What river flows along the border of Mexico and the United States?
Rio Grande
5. What river is a major transportation route through the Amazon Rainforest?
Amazon River
6. What is the warmest vertical climate zone?
Tierra Caliente
7. What factor that affects climate has the greatest impact on vertical zonation?
Elevation
8. Most of Latin America is in the __________ latitudes.
Low
9. What is the most common climate zone in Central America?
Tropical Wet
10. What climate zone is found in the Andes Mountains?
Highland
11. What is the name of a grassland in Argentina?
Pampas
12. What type of vegetation is found in a tropical wet climate zone?
Tropical Rainforest
13. Where is the Atacama Desert located in South America?
West Coast, Chile and Peru
14. When it is summer in Newport News it is _________ in Argentina.
Winter
15. List the countries in Latin America that are on the Ring of Fire.
Chile, Peru, Ecuador
16. What human made waterway connects the Atlantic and the Pacific?
Panama Canal
17. What is the name of the tip of South America?
Tierra Del Fuego
18. What island in the Caribbean Sea has two countries on it?
Hispaniola
19. What method of farming is used in the rainforest?
Slash and Burn
20. What method of farming is used in mountainous areas?
Terraced Farming
21. What three countries in Latin America have large reserves of oil?
Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela
22. List the landlocked countries that are found in Latin America?
Bolivia, Paraguay
23. What is the major cash crop in the Caribbean?
Sugar
24. List two countries that are major exporters of beef in Latin America.
Brazil and Argentina
25. List the major causes of deforestation in Latin America.
Export of wood, conversion of land for farming, urban sprawl
26. The most common type of farming in Latin America is _______________ .
Subsistence
27. What is the purpose of NAFTA?
North America Free Trade Agreement (got rid of tariffs between Mexico, Canada, and U.S.)
28. What is the name of communally owned land in Latin America?
Ejidos
29. What country in Latin America has large deposits of copper?
Chile
30. Where did the Maya live in Latin America?
Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
31. Mexico City was the capital of what native civilization?
Aztec
32. What native civilization would be affected by vertical zonation?
Inca
33. What language do most people speak in Latin America?
Spanish
34. What language do people speak in Brazil?
Portuguese
35. French Creole is spoken in what country in Latin America?
Haiti
36. What European countries colonized most of Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
37. Where do gauchos live in Latin America?
Argentina
38. What is a shantytown or squatter settlement?
Poor housing area in major city
39. What are mestizos?
People of mixed Spanish and Native ancestry
40. List three types of music that are found in Latin America.
Calypso, Steel Drum Bands, Reggae
41. Why are cities growing so rapidly in Latin America?
People looking for jobs