Latin America's Geography

This mountain chain is located along the western and eastern coasts of Mexico:

• Sierra Madres

• Andes

• Pyrenees

• Urals

Which line on the globe (which crosses through Latin America) is found at 23.5 degrees north of the equator?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

I am the largest Caribbean island located 90 miles south of Florida

• Haiti

• Barbados

• Cuba

• St. Thomas

This country includes most of the Amazon River and Rainforest

• Colombia

• Venezuela

• Mexico

• Brazil

The biggest river in the world in terms of gallons of water and starts in the Andes Mountains is called the ______________________________.

• Orinoco River

• Rio Grande River

• Amazon River

• Indus River

Why is the Panama Canal important to shipping within Latin America?

• It links the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers.

• It connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans creating a short cut

• It serves as a waterway between Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro.

• It connects the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Name the physical feature found in yellow on the map.

• Atacama Desert

• Amazon River Basin

• Argentina

• Lake Maricaibo

Panama forms an ________________ which connects North and South America.

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Chile

Which physical feature stretches 4,500 miles north to south along the western coast of South America?

• Sierra Madre Mountains

• Atacama Desert

• Amazon River

• Andes Mountains

This body of water borders Mexico, the USA and Cuba

• Gulf of Mexico

• Caribbean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean