Chapter7 Flashcards
Narrow stretch of land connecting to larger land areas
Isthmus
Smaller area of our region
Sub region
Group of islands
Archipelago
Steep cliffs at the edge of a plateau with a low land area below
Escarpment
Tropical grasslands that stretch through eastern Columbia and Venezuela
Llanos
Treeless grasslands of Argentina and uraguay
Pampas
Small river that flows into a larger river
Tributary
An area where river currents and ocean tides reach
Estuary
Human made fuel protected from mixing gasoline and alcohol made from sugarcane
Gasohol
An area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn which has a generally warm temperatures because it receives direct rays from the sun for much of the
Tropics
Dense stand of trees other growth that receives high amount of precipitation each year
Rain forest
Umbrella light covering formed by the tops of trees in a rain forest
Canopy
Height above sea level
Altitude
What physical features make transportation in middle America difficult
Thick forest mountain deserts coastal marshes
How have volcanoes helped and hurt the Caribbean
Helped
They made the islands and fertile soil
Hurt
Burned homes destroyed crops
Name three subregions of Latin America
Middle America the Caribbean South America
Which Latin American country has the greatest resources? What are they?
Brazil. Iron oil call timber rubber gold iron or Margaret and natural gas
What is the significance of Amazon River
Transportation, fertile soil fish longest river
Paraguay Parada your voice system what is the significance of these places
Drains the eastern half of South America
What is the significance in the or in the Orinoco River
Fertile soil
How do Caribbean countries benefit economically from their environment?
Have use the warm climate and pretty beaches to attract a large tourist industry
List the effects that El Nino
Changes in air pressure and rainfall that begins in the Pacific Ocean severe flooding along cruise coast or along very dry seasons in northern Brazil
