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What percentage of the world's population is found in Latin America?
12%
What percentage of the world's land is found in Latin America?
15%
What percentage of the people in Latin America believe in Christianity?
92.5%
Archipelago
A group of islands
Isthmus
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
Rainforest
A tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
What three ancient civilizations could be found in Latin America in the early times?
Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, Olmecs
Why does the climate in Latin America vary so much? Name two reasons.
Because of the highlatistudes and low latitudes
Why are Spain and Portugal significant to the history of Latin America?
Because they took over most of the region
The Caribbean:vegetation
Broadleaf evergreen
What type of vegetation is most common in Latin America?
Broadleaf evergreen
South America: Vegetation
Broadleaf evergreen, cacti, flower and plants
What is the most common type of government found in Latin America today?
Democracy
Deforestation -
Destruction of forests
Sustainable development -
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What creates the Earth's seasons?
Due to the Earths tilt
Why is this region called Latin America?
Most of its people speak Spanish or Portuguese
What are some characteristics of subsistence farming?
Only grow enogh food for family and the farmers are usally poor
Mexico and Central America:Vegiation
Palms, figs, vines, spanish moss
What are some of the issues facing Latin America today?
Poverty, school, unstable government and low living standerds
What part of tropical cyclones making landfall can be the most dangerous?
Storm surge
Tropical zones:
Sunny, Hot
Rotation
The spinning of Earth on its axis
Stages of development of a tropical cyclone.
Tropicle thunderstorm, tropicle disturbance, tropicle deppression, tropicle storm, tropicle cyclone
South America: Climate
Tropicle wet
Mexico and Central America;Climate
Tropicle wet and dry, arid, semiarid
Latin America includes all of the countries in the Western Hemisphere except for what two countries?
United States and Canada
Summarize the arguments of the following groups fighting to control resources in the Amazon Rainforest: Native Amazonians, rubber tappers, and environmentalists
Wabted to keep a sustainable way of life
Summarize the arguments of the following groups fighting to control resources in the Amazon Rainforest: Loggers, settlers, and ranchers
Wanted to sell more products suing the trees
What is the main power source of a tropical cyclone?
Warm Water
Tropical rainforest -
a broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator.
Tropical cyclone -
an intense wind and rain storm that forms over oceans in the tropics
Polar zones:
cold year around
How does El Niño affect different areas of the world?
destruction
Natural disaster -
great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces rather than by human actions
What three elements create weather events?
heat, air, water
Temperate zones:
latitudes between the tropics and polar regions in each hemisphere
How are rainforests related to the carbon-oxygen cycle?
plants absorb sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to use in photosynthesis, the process in which they grow and then release oxygen as a byproduct
How can we help preserve the Amazon Rainforest?
promote ecotourism, encourage sustainable development, and buy products that protect the rainforest
Meteorology -
the study of weather
Biodiversity
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
The Caribbean:climate
tropical wet and dry
