Physical Features: Latin America

Geographers divide Latin America into three

• Subregions
• Regions
• Areas
• Locations

Middle America is made up of ____ and Central America, which is an ____ linking North and South America

• Mexico, plateau 
• Peru, plateau
• Mexico, isthmus
• Pero, isthmus

The Caribbean islands are divided into three groups, the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the ____ 

• Puerto Rico
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Bahamas

The ___ in South America are the world's longest mountain system 

• Rocky Mts. 
• Andes
• Appalachian Mts. 
• Sierra Madre Mts.

The ____ covers 2.7 million square miles

• Amazon Forest
• Amazon Desert 
• Amazon Basin
• Amazon River

The ____ stretch through Colombia and Venezuela, and the ___ cover much of Argentina and Uruguay 

• Llanos, Pampas
• Sierra Madre, Bolivian Mts.

Most of Latin America's rivers and lakes are found in ___ 

• South America
• Central America
• Mexico
• The Caribbean Islands

Latin America's longest river is the ____ 

• Amazon
• Nile
• Mexican River
• Rio Grande

Lake ___ in Venezuela is South America's largest lake 

• Maracaibo 
• Poopo
• Argentino 
• Titicaca

Ships use the ___ to shorten travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 

• Panama Canal
• Venezuelan River 
• Costa Rica Canal 
• Nicaraguan River