Latin America Vocabulary Terms

The region that includes Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

 Surrounded by land with NO access to sea

• Landlocked

• Peninsula

• Gulf

• Canal

 A portion of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides

• Landlocked

• Peninsula

• Gulf

• Canal

 A portion of the sea that is surrounded by land on 3 sides

• Landlocked

• Peninsula

• Gulf

• Canal

A narrow man-made strip of water used to allow boats and ships to travel from one larger body of water to another

• Landlocked

• Peninsula

• Gulf

• Canal

A chain of Islands

• Cape

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

• Plateau

A narrow piece of land projecting into the sea

• Cape

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

• Plateau

A narrow strip of land connecting two land masses

• Cape

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

• Plateau

A broad flat area of land higher than the land surrounding it

• Cape

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

• Plateau

A forest region in a tropical climate