Latin America 2
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- What separates the people of western South America from thos living in central and eastern South America?
- Andes Mountains
- People who live at high elevations must adapt to_______
- lower temperatures
- The Pampas region in South America is most widely used for ______
- Farming and raising cattle
- Which is the longest river in Latin America?
- Amazon
- The Rio de la Plata river system in South America is important for______
- Transportation route
- the only navigable river in Middle America is
- Rio Grande
- The tierra fria would best described as
- cold
- The hot, lowland tropical zone of Latin America is called the
- tierra caliente
- Many Latin American countries have trouble developing and using their natural resources because......
- the resources are difficult to reach
- The largest tropical rain forest in the world is located in ______
- Brazil
- The Amazon rain forest is important to the whole world because it provides
- much of the world's oxygen
- Many of the first large colonies in Latin America were established by the ____
- Spanish
- In which part of latin America do the descendants of enslaved Africans live today?
- the Caribbean
- One way in which Latin Americans differ from Canadians is ______
- Latin Americans are of mixed ancestry
- What term best describes the ethnic diversity of Latin America?
- melting pot