Honors World Geography Ch 9 Test 6

Latin America is also rich in _____ and _____ resources, such as timber

Agricultural; forest

Today the same method of slash and burn are used as farmers move into the _____ River basin in Brazil to clear the land to farm

Amazon

The _____ _____ flows about 4,000 miles from west to east emptying into the Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River

The largest rain forest in Latin America is the _____ Rain forest, which covers more than 2 million square miles of South America and much of it is located in the country of _____

Amazon; Brazil

The Amazon River starts in the _____ ______ of western South America close to the Pacific Ocean

Andes Mountains

The _____ _____of South America continent are a part of a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America

Andes Mountains

_____, ______, and _____ are the most highly urbanized countries in South America, with more than 90 percent of the people living in the cities

Argentina; Venezuela; Uruguay

The _____ Desert is in northern Chile and there is a desert in _____ the southern zone of Argentina

Atacama; Patagonia

Latin America is bordered by two oceans, the ____ and _____, the _____ ___ _____, and the _____ Sea

Atlantic; Pacific; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean

The _____ of Mexico used terraced farming

Aztecs

The _____ are made up of hundreds of islands off the southern tip of Florida and north Cuba

Bahamas

The Caribbean Islands consist of three major groups; the _____, the _____ _____, and the _____

Bahamas; Greater Antilles; Lesser Antilles

The _____ highlands are located along the east coast of Brazil

Brazilian

The main product of the pampas is _____ and _____ grain

Cattle; wheat

Neither _____ _____ nor the _____ has dry climate zones

Central America; Caribbean

The rain forests are abundant in _____ _____, the _____, and _____ _____ while the savannas are found in _____ _____

Central America; Caribbean; South America; South America

Latin America covers part of North America continent. all of _____ and _____ America, and the _____ islands

Central; South; Caribbean

Brazil contains expansive plains in the interior of the country, these are the _____, savannas with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make them suitable for farming

Cerrado

_____ _____ is the explorer first credited for discovering the Caribbean Islands in 1492

Christopher Columbus

It is this method of _____ and ______ and exhausting the Amazon River Basin of its nutrients over the years which is shrinking the rain forest

Clearing; settling

Latin America has great variety in its _____ and _____

Climate; vegetation

The Orinoco River system is 1500 miles and runs partly along the _____-_____ border to the Atlantic

Colombia-Venezuela

The disadvantages of tourism are the incomes and jobs it brings in causing _____ and _____ in a once unspoiled settings and often causing _____ and _____ between the rich tourists and less well off local residents

Congestion; pollution; resentment; hostility

The Greater Antilles are made up of the larger islands of the Caribbean which are _____, _____, _____, and _____ _____

Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico

The three most important issues that concern Latin America today are _____, _____, and the _____ _____ between rich and poor

Democracy; resources; income gap

The varieties of climate and vegetation in Latin America are due to it great _____ on each side of the equator, a big change in _____ due to massive mountains and the _____ of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Distance; elevation; currents

A _____ is a community of plants and animals living in balance

Ecosystem

An _____ is the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the ocean tides

Estuary

Local governments in Latin America cannot afford _____ to handle the population increase

Facilities

The _____ is another name for the South American cowboy which has grown up in this area of the pampas

Gaucho

The _____ Highlands of Latin America are located in the northeast section of South America

Guiana

_____ are made up of the mountainous or hilly sections of a country

Highlands

_____ climates vary from moderate to cold depending on elevation, wind, sunlight, and landscape and can be found in the mountains of Mexico and South America

Highlands

The island of _____ is divided between the countries of ______ and the _____ _____

Hispaniola; Haiti; Dominican Republic

The climate of Latin America ranges from the _____ and _____ in Amazon River Basin to the _____ and _____ conditions of northern Mexico and southern Chile

Hot; humid; dry; desert-like

_____ _____ have rainy winters and hot, humid summers and can be found in South America in Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil, southern Bolivia, and northern Argentina

Humid Subtropical

The advantage of tourism in Latin America is that it reduces the _____ _____ between rich and poor and brings in _____ and gives the local people a stake in their society

Income gap; jobs

The _____ in Latin America includes such things as sewers, transportation, electricity, and housing

Infrastructure

The technique for mountainous farming reduces _____ _____ and allows steep land to be cultivated for crops

Land erosion

Today in _____ _____ countries the people in rural areas are moving into the cities in search of jobs, so that today the region is an urban as Europe or North America

Latin America

_____ _____ is a treasure house of natural resources which include mineral resources as well as energy resources

Latin America

The _____ _____ are the smaller islands in the region southeast of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea

Lesser Antilles

Colombia and Venezuela contain vast plains called the _____

Llanos

The _____ are grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing and farming, and are very similar to the Great Plains in the US and the Pampas of Argentina

Llanos

_____ ______ _____ climates are cool, rainy winters and mild, rainy summers and can be found in South America around southern Chile and Argentina

Marine West Coast

_____ climates are hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters and can be found in South America in Chile along the western coast

Mediterranean

The populous city in Latin America is _____ _____ in Mexico with a population of 9 million in the city and over 21 million in the greater metropolitan area

Mexico City

Parts of northern _____ are classified as desert, as is much of the coast of _____

Mexico; Peru

Dry climate zones are found in ______ on the North American continent and in various countries of _____ ______

Mexico; South America

Latin America has an enormous span from north to south and reaches from the country of _____ across the equator to the southern tip of _____ _____

Mexico; South America

In the Latin American countries of _____ and _____ oil has been a very important resource

Mexico; Venezuela

_____ is the capital and largest city in the Bahamas

Nassau

The Orinoco River drains the interior lands of Venezuela and Colombia and is also home to the few remaining _____ _____ people of South America

Native American

The energy resources, _____, _____, _____ _____, and _____ power are all plentiful in Latin America

Oil; coal; natural gas; hydroelectric power

The South America has 3 major river systems the _____ in northern Venezuela, the _____ in Brazil, and the _____ in the highlands of southern Brazil

Orinoco; Amazon; Parana

In parts of South America, northern Argentina and Uruguay, the plains are known as the _____ and area of grasslands and rich soil

Pampas

The Parana River travels about 3000 miles south and west through _____ and ____ where it is fed by several rivers

Paraguay; Argentina

The _____ River has its origins in the highlands of southern Brazil

Parana

Rain forests contain many exotic _____ and _____ with the Amazon rain forest having more than 2,500 varieties of trees

Plants; animals

_____ ______ ______ factors in Latin America are at work in moving peasants and farmers off the land by few rich people

Push and pull

The _____ ______ include poor medical care, education, low paying jobs, and ownership of the land by few rich people

Push factors

_____ _____ are dense forests made up of different species of trees, that form a unique ecosystem, and the climate is hot and rainy year round

Rain forests

The vegetation in Latin America varies from _____ _____ to _____ and _____ ____ and from the thick _____ of the rain forests and the _____ of the tundra

Rain forests; grasslands; desert shrub; trees; mosses

The tropical climate zones of Latin America produce both _____ _____ and tree dotted _____ known as _____

Rain forests; grasslands; savannas

The mineral resources of Latin America are very abundant in fact South America is among the world's leader in the mining of _____ _____

Raw materials

The _____ ___ ___ _____ is an estuary for the Parana and Uruguay rivers between the South American countries of Argentina and Uruguay

Rio de la Plata

This mountain range that runs through the America's is called the _____ in the US, the _____ _____ in Mexico, and the _____ in South America

Rockies; Sierra Madre; Andes

People in _____ _____ struggle to make a living and feed their families by subsistence farming

Rural areas

The 6 largest cities in South America are _____ _____ and _____ ____ _____ in Brazil, ______ _____ in Argentina, _____ in Peru, _____ in Colombia, and _____ in Chile

Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Buenos Aires; Lima; Bogota; Santiago

_____ are grasslands dotted with trees common to tropical and subtropical regions

Savannas

A _____ climate is generally dry, with some rain, while vast _____ _____ are often found in such climates

Semiarid; grass plains

Because the Andes Mountains act as a barrier on the west and southern coast of South America movement to the interior of the country has more ____ along the eastern and northern coasts

Settlements

The natives in the western hemisphere were the first to use the _____ ______ ______ technique they cut trees, brush, and grasses and burned the debris to clear the fields to change the environment to grow food

Slash and burn

_____ _____ has wide plains that offer rich soil for growing crops and grassed for grazing livestock

South America

It is called Latin America because the two main languages spoken there are _____ and _____ -developed from Latin

Spanish; Portuguese

_____ _____ is an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides of mountain slopes and is especially important in the mountainous areas of the region

Terraced farming

_____ is a _____ _____ throughout Latin America and is especially important in Mexico and the Caribbean

Tourism; growth industry

The Amazon River is fed by over 1,000 _____, some which are large rivers themselves

Tributaries

The island countries of _____ and _____ has discovered vast reserves of natural gas which has turned these countries into a major exporter of _____ and _____

Trinidad; Tobago; methanol; ammonia

______ ______ ______ climates found primarily in South American countries of Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina

Tropical Wet Dry

Much of the expansive plains in Brazil is _____ and the government of Brazil is encouraging settlers to move into this land to develop it

Undeveloped

You have the same problems in large cities of Latin America as you do in the rest of the world ______, _____ increase, _____ problems and ______ due to cars

Unemployment; crime; environmental; pollution

The Guiana Highlands of Latin America include parts of _____, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil

Venezuela

The Amazon River carries more _____ to the ocean than the next seven largest rivers of the world combined

Water

The Caribbean islands are sometimes referred to as the _____ ____

West Indies

The _____ _____ face winds that blow across them while the _____ _____ enjoy a more sheltered position from the prevailing northeasterly winds

Windward Islands; Leeward Island

The Lesser Antilles are divided into the _____ Islands and the _____ Islands

Windward; Leeward