1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Grab BagClimatePlacesDefinitionsLand Forms

2. South America’s largest river system is the _______________ system.

3. Amazon River

4. Why are the different groups of people in Latin America separated from one another?

5. The tall mountains and tropical forests make travel difficult.

6. What is one of Latin America’s most abundant and valuable natural resources?

7. trees

8. This is the reason most of Latin America’s natural resources remain undeveloped.

9. They are too difficult to reach

10. What causes the deaths of many land animals?

11. The massive development in the Amazon region.

12. What is a dense tropical forests called?

13. A rain forest.

14. The tierra caliente climate zone is known for its ___________ climate.

15. hot

16. Where is the largest rain forest in Latin America?

17. The Amazon River Valley.

18. What climate zone in Latin America is more heavily populated?

19. The tierra templada

20. What means “hot land”, hot all year?

21. tierra caliente

22. Latin America gets its name from the language of ancient __________.

23. Rome

24. Latin America consists of land in Central America, South America, the Caribbean Islands, and what other country?

25. Mexico

26. Mexico and Venezuela have abundant supplies of what natural resource?

27. petroleum

28. Describe the conditions of the Chaco.

29. harsh and thorny

30. Maximum number of years a President can serve. Daily rain in some areas of Latin American areas washes away nutrients in the soil making it bad for what?

31. What is 10 years? farming

32. The land drained by a major river and its tributaries is called what?

33. a river system

34. What landform is more than 4,000 miles long? They are the longest mountain chain in the world. The mountains contain many volcanoes.

35. The Andes Mountains

36. What is the high, cold, flat area between two mountain ranges in Bolivia and Peru?

37. The altiplano

38. What means “cold land”, made up of land 6,000 feet and higher in elevation?

39. tierra fria

40. Where is the driest place in the world?

41. The Atacama Desert of Chile

42. What is another word for an island group?

43. archipelago

44. What are the two landforms that dominate Latin America?

45. mountains and valleys

46. The three main archipelagos of the West Indies are the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, and the ________

47. Bahamas

48. What is the plain located in southern Latin America?

49. The Pampas

50. The ash from erupting volcanoes in Latin America tends to make the nearby land _________.

51. rich and fertile