602 Q1

Question 1

Which Antilles islands has the larger islands?

Answer 1

Greater Antilles

Question 2

Most South American Rivers flow into which Ocean?

Answer 2

Atlantic Ocean

Question 3

What two cities were built on the beds of old lakes?

Answer 3

Mexico City and Nicaragua’s Capital

Question 4

A large arm of an ocean or sea into which rivers flow is called a what?

Answer 4

Estuary

Question 5

A chain of mountain ranges is called a what?

Answer 5

Cordillera

Question 6

most Latin American people live in which two regions?

Answer 6

Near the cost or in the highlands

Question 7

The largest West Indies Island is called what?

Answer 7

Cuba

Question 8

A dependency of the United States is what?

Answer 8

Puerto Rico

Question 9

The third largest Latin American Country is what?

Answer 9

Mexico

Question 10

A West Indies Island with two countries on it?

Answer 10

Hispaniola

Question 11

One country made of a group of islands is?

Answer 11

The Bahamas

Question 12

Home to the most volcanoes in Latin America

Answer 12

Ecuador

Question 13

What is an active volcano?

Answer 13

One that is erupting now

Question 14

What is a dormant volcano?

Answer 14

One that has not erupted lately

Question 15

What is an extinct volcano?

Answer 15

A volcano that has not erupted in recorded history

Question 16

Earthquakes occur along cracks in the earth called what?

Answer 16

Faults

Question 17

What builds up before an earthquake, until the earth finally shifts?

Answer 17

Pressure

Question 18

Earthquakes can cause what thing that causes damage along coastlines?

Answer 18

Giant Sea Waves

Question 19

Where are most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes located?

Answer 19

In the Ring of Fire

Question 20

Where is there a 54 mile gap in the Pan-American Highway?

Answer 20

In the Jungles of Panama

Question 21

Where are the Sierra Madre Oriental located?

Answer 21

Eastern Mexico (Oriental = East)

Question 22

The highlands of eastern South America include what two Highlands?

Answer 22

Guiana and Brazilian Highlands

Question 23

The Andes in South America are what?

Answer 23

high mountains on the west side of the continent

Question 24

The Amazon River is significant how?

Answer 24

It carries more water volume than the Nile

Question 25

On a map locate the following

Answer 25

Amazon River Basin, The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, and Rio de la Plata

Question 26

What divisions of Latin America share the ring of fire?

Answer 26

Mexico, Central America, and South America

Question 27

What are the three divisions of the West Indies?

Answer 27

The Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and Great Antilles