What is the significance (importance) of the Panama Canal?

Caribbean Islands: These islands are located near what 2 lines of latitude that receives the most direct sunlight? Some of these islands are the tops of what physical feature?

What is the climate of the Caribbean islands? What storms do they experience during the summer months?

Mexico and Central America: What are the mountain ranges in Mexico? What is between them?

What is an Isthmus? What is an important Isthmus in Central America? What is located within that Isthmus that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

What is the climate of Central America? What is a cloud forest?

South America: Why is the Amazon River significant (the world's….)? What mountain range is located on the west coast?

What European country was responsible for most of the colonization of Latin America? Is this region becoming more urban or rural? What is the most prominent religion (be specific)?

What is the most widespread economic activity (2)? List 2 mineral resources? What are the energy resources in this region?

What is the most important commercial farming crop?

Extreme Weather: Define Tropical Cyclone. How is a hurricane different? How big (miles) can hurricanes grow?

What are the 3 levels of storms called? When does it get a name?

Define the Coriolis effect, the eye of the storm, and rainbands.

What is the Saffir-Simpson scale? How does it help people living in the area?

What is the storm surge? What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane? What is El Nino

List 6 items that you should have in your hurricane survival kit.

How do hurricanes create instability in the Caribbean? (list 2 minimum)

Altitudinal Zones: Life in the Andes What is the longest mountain range in the in the world? How many countries touch it? Define Altitudinal Zones. The link between elevation and climate is based on what 2 factors? What happens to temperature as you go up in altitude. How is the oxygen in the air different as you go higher in elevation? How does that impact temperature? As the climate changes with elevation, the climates changes impact what other physical feature? List the 4 Altitudinal Zones in order from lowest to highest.

Tierra Caliente: What is the average temperature like (describe)? What types of vegetation? What do they grow (2)? Describe the homes (2 things about them).

Tierra Templada: What is the climate? What are the crops that they grow (List 2- one is not for food)? What is the nickname for this zone?

Tierra Fria: what is the altiplano? Why is Lake Titicaca significant? What types of homes?

Tierra Fria: how is body of the people that live there different? What types of farming technique did they use? Define vertical trade. What indigenous people lived in this zone?

Tierra Helada: temperature (description), vegetation, air quality effects Tierra Helada: crops (main one), animals, jobs- what is produced?