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25 Cards in this Set
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What Latin American country has the largest number of large metropolitan areas?
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Brazil
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Across which countries in South America does the Equator pass?
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Ecuador, Columbia, and Brazil
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In what modern country is the Yucatan Peninsula located?
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Mexico
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Name two national capitals in Central America that are located on or near the seacoast.
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Guatemala, Guatemala and El Salvador, San Salvador
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Name the two mountain ranges that lie on either side of Mexico's central plateau
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Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental
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What are the four largest islands in the Carribean Sea?
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Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico
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Between which two countries does the Llanos lie?
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Columbia and Venezuela
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What part of South America is most sparsely populated?
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Central South America
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What is the population density in central Mexico?
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520 people per square mile
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What areas of the Caribbean islands have the greatest population density?
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Havana, San Juan, and Cuba
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What group of Caribbean islands are closest to where hurricanes form?
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Lesser Antilles
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What kind of climate and vegetaion are found on the coast of Peru and northern Chile?
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the highlands climate and arid climate, and desert vegetation
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What kinds of vegetation are found on the Yucatan Peninsula?
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Chaparrel, Tropical rain forest, and Tropical grassland
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Where are tropical rain forests found in Latin America outside the Amazon Basin?
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Most of Mexico, Central America, Tropical Islands, and parts of Uruguay
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In what countries of South America do many people still live by livestock raising?
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Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay
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Name three countries that have deposits of silver or gold.
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Panama (gold), Nicaragua (silver), and Mexico (gold)
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In what areas of Latin America is commercial farming an important economic activity?
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Southeastern Brazil, Cuba, and Eastern Argentina
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Besides tourism, what other economic activities take place in the Caribbean islands? What islands have mineral resources?
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Coal mining and Petroleum industries are important economic activities in the Caribbean. They have Nickel in Cuba
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What economic activities take place in the areas settled by people of Indian ancestry?
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hunting and gathering and subsistence farming
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What are some landforms that dominate western Latin America?
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Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Andes Mountains
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What are the three groups of islands in the Caribbean region?
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The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas
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Why are population patterns in Mesoamerica and in South America different?
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Different people like to live in different areas
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What is the largest country in Latin America?
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Brazil
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What countries are at the border where Central America meets South America?
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Panama and Columbia
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LATIN AMERICA
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Mexico (1)
Central America (7) Caribbean (?) South America (12) |