AP World - Physiographic Map Hunt Clues
What is the highest mountain in South America? See slide #2 for helpful hint.
Aconcagua mtn
What is the name of the ocean east of South America?
Atlantic ocean
What is the name of the longest and narrowest peninsula in Mexico?
Baja california
What is the name of the most southerly cape in South America?
Cape horn
What small group of islands lie off the coast of Ecuador?
Galapagos islands
What is the name of the large island off the central coast of Chile at about 57 degrees south latitude?
Isla de Chiloe
What is the name of the largest lake in Central America?
Lake Nicaragua
What is the name of the lake situated high in the Andes that forms part of the border between Peru and Bolivia?
Lake Titicaca
Which is the largest lake in South America?
Lake maracabo
What is the name of the ocean west of South America?
Pacific ocean
What is the name of the huge plateau that covers most of Central America?
Plateau of Mexico
What wide river (it is actually an estuary) forms a bay between Argentina and Uruguay?
Rio de la plata
Which strait in South America connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean?
Strait of magellen
What is the longest river in South America?
amazon
What mountains run through the western portion of South America?
andes mtns
What is the name of the large desert in northern Chile?
atacama desert
What are the highlands located in eastern Brazil called?
brazilian highlands
What body of water is the island country of Cuba located in?
carribean sea
Find and label the mountains that run through Central America. Note: Three separate mountain ranges come together in Central America. For now, simply give these mountains a common name.
central american highlands
Which flatland extends through northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Bolivia?
gran chaco
What are the highlands that separate Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana from Brazil?
guiana highlands
What is the name of the largest gulf on Mexico's western coast?
gulf of california
What is the name of the gulf situated east of Mexico?
gulf of mexico
What is the name of the river that runs through the country of Venezuela?
orinoco
What is the name of the flatland that covers much of central Argentina?
pampas
What is the name of the isthmus that connects North and South America?
panama
What is the name of the river that forms the southeastern border of Paraguay?
parana river
What is the name of the flatland located in southern Argentina between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean?
patagonia
What is the name of the river that forms a border between Mexico and the United States?
rio grande
What is the name of the mountain range on Mexico's west coast?
sierra madre occidental
What is the name of the mountain range on Mexico's east coast?
sierra madre oriental
Which is the largest peninsula in Mexico?
yucatan peninsula
