Latin America Unit

1. _________ includes all nations from Mexico to the tip of South America

• Europe
• Africa
• South America
• Latin America

Islands that border or are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea  are which of the following?

• South America
• Caribbean Islands
• Gulf of Mexico
• Latin America

A continent of the southwest hemisphere  & southeast of North America is which of the following?

• South America
• Europe
• Africa
• Asia

___ is one of the driest spots on the planet. Some places have not had rain for over 400 years.

• Atacama Desert
• Gulf of Mexico
• Pampas
• Andes Mountains

A large tropical rain forest occupying the drainage basin in northern South America is which of the following?

• Congo Rainforest
• Amazon Rainforest
• Panama Canal
• Atacama Desert

Which of the following is an important shipping canal across Panama and links the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

• Erie Canal
• Panama Canal
• Suez Canal
• Hudson Canal

______ flat grassland area in the southern part of South America that are used for agriculture.

• Pampas
• Amazon Rainforest
• Andes Mountains
• Atacama Desert

 ______ is when farms are set up for the purpose to feed themselves and their families.

• Subsistance Farminng
• Commercial Farming

_______ Is when a farm is set up for the purpose of producing crops and animals for sale..

• Subsistance Farminng
• Commercial Farming

The Old World and the New world traded mixing people, goods, and culture from across the world.

• Columbian Exchange
• The Black Plague
• Triangular Trade