Latin America Physical Geography

The largest country in South America

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Peru

• Canada

Which physical feature runs almost the entire western coast of South America through Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, and more.

• Andes Mountains

• Amazon Rainforest

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Rocky Mountains

What natural disaster is common in the Carribean Islands?

• hurricanes

• tornados

• wildfires

• earthquakes

Large areas of temperate grasslands

• Llanos and Pampas

• Atacama Desert

• Andes Mountains

• Canadian Shield

To conduct trade with goods instead of money

• barter

• ebay

• farmers market

• amazon

Most common vegetation zone in South America

• Broadleaf Evergreen Forest

• Tropical Grasslands

• Wetlands

• Arctic Tundra

Why is the northern part of South America mostly a "tropical wet" climate zone?

• closer to the equator

• closer to Antarctica

• human environment interaction

• swamp zombies

The arrow on this map is pointing to what physical feature?

• Amazon River
• Andes Mountains
• Caribbean Sea
• Sierra Madre Mountains

Which physical feature stretches 4,500 miles along the west coast of South America?

• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Atacama Desert
• Amazon River
• Andes Mountains

The 3 regions that make up Latin America are

• North America, Mexico, and Europe
• Central America, South America, and Caribbean
• Europe, Australia, North America
• Europe, Asia, Africa