Latin America Physical Features

What is the primary mountain range in South America?

• Andes

• Alps

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian

Why is the region called Latin America?

• They speak Latin

• Spanish and Portuguese were developed from the Latin language

• They come from Latin

• None of the Above

What is the second longest river in the world? This river flows through Brazil and South America

• Mississippi River

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Volga River

What Sea is located between Cuba and South America?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Black Sea

• Caribbean Sea

What body of water is cradled by Mexico and the southern coast of the United States, from Texas to Florida?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson Bay

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Gulf of California

Define Isthmus

• narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

• narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land

• an area of high flat land

• large area of flat treeless land

What man made feature cuts through the isthmus of Panama

• Suez Canal

• Amazon River

• Panama Canal

• Eerie Canal

What is the main mountain range in Mexico?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Sierra Madre Mountains

What is the main desert in South America? This is one of the most extreme places on earth

• Atacama Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Mojave Desert

• Taklamakan Desert

Name the rain forest that makes up over half the world's rain forest. This is located in 9 different countries

• Amazon Rainforest

• Nile Rainforest

• Daintree Rainforest

• Redwood Forest