602 Q1 Flashcards
Which Antilles islands has the larger islands?
Greater Antilles
Most South American Rivers flow into which Ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
What two cities were built on the beds of old lakes?
Mexico City and Nicaragua’s Capital
A large arm of an ocean or sea into which rivers flow is called a what?
Estuary
A chain of mountain ranges is called a what?
Cordillera
most Latin American people live in which two regions?
Near the cost or in the highlands
The largest West Indies Island is called what?
Cuba
A dependency of the United States is what?
Puerto Rico
The third largest Latin American Country is what?
Mexico
A West Indies Island with two countries on it?
Hispaniola
One country made of a group of islands is?
The Bahamas
Home to the most volcanoes in Latin America
Ecuador
What is an active volcano?
One that is erupting now
What is a dormant volcano?
One that has not erupted lately
What is an extinct volcano?
A volcano that has not erupted in recorded history
Earthquakes occur along cracks in the earth called what?
Faults
What builds up before an earthquake, until the earth finally shifts?
Pressure
Earthquakes can cause what thing that causes damage along coastlines?
Giant Sea Waves
Where are most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes located?
In the Ring of Fire
Where is there a 54 mile gap in the Pan-American Highway?
In the Jungles of Panama
Where are the Sierra Madre Oriental located?
Eastern Mexico (Oriental = East)
The highlands of eastern South America include what two Highlands?
Guiana and Brazilian Highlands
The Andes in South America are what?
high mountains on the west side of the continent
The Amazon River is significant how?
It carries more water volume than the Nile
