S.S. chapter 1 Test
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- ocean river
- the amazon river is called_________ because it holds 20% of the earth's fresh water
- Mexico and central America, Caribbean islands, south america
- the three regions that make up Latin America
- Latin america
- the western hemisphere south of the u.s.
- pampas
- flat grassland regions that are very similar to the Great Plains in the US
- isthmus
- a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land
- mexico's central plateau
- most of mexico's people live here
- hydroelectricity
- the power of rushing water to produce electricity
- cacao
- chocolate seeds
- plateau
- a large raised area of mostly level land
- elevation
- the height of land above sea level
- skeletons and the tops of huge mountains
- the caribbean islands are formed by....
- coral
- skeletons of tiny sea animals meld together to form a rock like substance called___________
- tributaries
- rivers and streams that flow into a larger river
- bauxite
- aluminum-jamaica
- diversify
- to add variety, to produce more than one product
- amazon basin
- the world's largest tropical rain forest is found here
- Argentina, Paraguay, uruguay
- wheat and apples grow in these countries
- andes mountains
- a 4500 mountain range on the west coast of south america
- El Nino
- a warm ocean current that flows along the western coast of south america