Geography chapter 9

How might the climate and vegetation of Latin America have affected migration settlement, and ways of life?

Rainforests contain many exotic plants and creatures that might eat their crops that they try to grow.

How are the landforms of the region both an advantage and disadvantage?

Some landforms might move different places or form around their border.

What vegetation characterizes the Amazon River basin?

Rain forests to grasslands and desert scrub. It ranges from thick trees of the rain forest fo mosses of the tundra.

How did the Andres Mountains affect settlement along the western coast of South America?

All along the the west and south coasts of South America, the Andes are a barrier to movement in interior. As a result, more settlement in South America has occurred along the eastern and northern coasts.

South America

Among the world's leaders in the mining of raw materials.

What is the world's largest waterfall?

Angel Falls in eastern Venezuela is the world's tallest waterfall named after James Angel, an American pilot who spotted it from his airplane in 1935.

What types of climate zones are found in Latin America?

Hot and humid and dry and desert.

What effect might elevation have on growing crops and grazing livestsock in the region?

It could limit livestock and grow crops due to elevation.

What are two reasons for the variety of climate and vegetation found in Latin America?

It spans a great distance on each side of the equator and there are big changes in elevation.

What areas is oil, coal natural gas, uranium, and hydroelectric power plentiful in?

Latin America.

Gauchos

The cowboys of Argentina and Uruguay, wear ponchos to help protect them from bad weather.

How might the Amazon River have affected movement into the interior of South America?

The river carries more water to the ocean than any other river in the world. It is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.

What effect did natural resources have on the development of the region?

These resources have drawn people to the region for centuries

What are the three main types of moderate climate zones in the region?

Tropical, dry and mid latitude climate zones.

A resource of the rain forest.

Vegetation in the rain forests has yielded many products used to make modern drugs and medicines. These include quinine, which is used to treat malaria, and curare, which is used to relax muscles.