Latin America 🥶 Flashcards
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Capital of Venezuela
Caracas
Capital of Colombia
Bogota
Capital of Peru
Lima
Capital of Ecuador
Quito
Capitals of Bolivia
Sucre- The real capital, La paz- The government capital
Capital of Paraguay
Asuncion
Capital of Brazil
Brasilia
Capital of Chile
Sanitago
Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Montevideo
Guyana’s capital
Georgetown
Capital of Suriname
Paramaribo
Capital of French Guiana
Cayenne
Capital of Mexico
Mexico City
Capital of Guatemala
Guatemala City
Capital of El savador
San Salvador
Capital of Belize
Belmopan
Capital of Costa Rica
San Jose
Capital of the Bahamas
Nassau
Capital of Cuba
Havana
Capital of Nicaragua
Managua
Capital of Jamaica
Kingston
Capital of Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Capital of Haiti
Port au Prince
Capital of DR
Santo Domingo
Capital of Panama
Panama City
Capital of Puerto Rico
San Juan
Where is the Brazilian Highlands?
The very east of South America, covering a huge chunk of land
Where are the Pampas?
Below the Brazillian Highlands, near the south east border of South America
What mountain range covers the entire west of south america?
The andes
What Chunk of forest covers the middle part of south America?
The Amazon Rainforest
What river runs from the peninsula of east south america to the andes?
The Amazon River
Where is Lake Titicana?
The edge of the mid Andes Mountains
What is cape horn?
The edge of southern Chile, touching the ocean
What is the Orinico?
A river in the north part of South America, stretching to the Andes
Where are the Llanos?
North, on the Orinoco River and near the Andes
Where is the Atacama Desert?
On the very edge of the west Andes Mountains
Where is mt. Aconcagua
On the Southern Andes
Where is Patagonia
The entire southern region of South America
What is Guyana’s official Language
English
What is Suriname’s official language
Dutch
What is French Guiana’s official language
French
How long is Latin America
From the bottom of the US to Chile, 7000 miles
How large is south america
The 4th largest continent in the world
Traits of the andes
ring of fire-lots of volcanoes, jagged and snow covered, home to the incans, and very long
What are the plains
llanos- in colombia and venezuela, flat treeless land, and good for farming
Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries
Pampas
Argentina and Uruguay, grasslands great for farming
orinoco
1500 miles long, northermost river
amazon
4000 miles, most water in a river, and water comes from andes snow
How much dust fertlizes the rainforest
Over ½ of the dust that fertilizes the RF comes from the Sahara!!
altiplano
Bolivia, chile, argentina, very high up to 12000ft, and dry, cool
How many wildlife species are there
40,000 plant species (390 B individual trees)
1300 bird species (â…• of all bird species)
3000 types of fish (â…• of all fish species)
430 types of mammals
2.5 M different types of insects!!
Tribes in the amazon
400-500 indigenous tribes live here and up to 50 have had no contact with the outside world!
How large is the Amazon
Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries
What is the 3rd largest cat in the world
jaguar- weighing 200 pounds
Related to parrots
macaw- lives 2-4 lbs, and largest member of parrot family
Piranhas
Can reach up to 1 ft
Sloths
Poop once a week, 20-40 lbs, travels 13ft per hour
Anaconda
30ft long, 250-500 lbs, and can live up to 25 years
1st incan mummy found when
1954, a 8yr old male
ice maiden
500 yrs old, everything preserved, found in 1995
Ice maiden info
found with two 3-5 yr old children, and had been given drugs to be more easily coerced into sacrificing herself
Favela facts
600 found in rio, 6% live in them
Mexico history
Independence in 1821, Aztecs, and spanish colonization
What is mestizo
a mix of spanish and native culture
what are maquiladoras
mexican factories
what is nafta
freedom of trade between north american countries
who is benito juarez
president of mexico in mid 19th century. made land reforms letting anybody own land, a huge economic change
toltecs
ancient group, even before the aztecs
who was cuauhtemoc
lived 1495-1525, and led the final fight against the spanish, but ultimately lost to them and got killed
caribbean countries
Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba
central american countries
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua
what does taino mean
what caribbean people refer to themselves as
who led the only successful slave revolt that led to the independence of a country
toussaint louverture, who also was a slave and freed haiti
a mix of catholic and african beliefs
santeria, developed in cuba
what countries are in spanish speaking south america
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay,Suriname, Guyana and **French Guiana
what is a junta
a military dictatorship
who was simon bolivar
fought against the spanish for many countries independence
what is mercosur
a trading organization with countries of south america
What are the pryamids at tikal
In northern guatemala, tallest structures in americas until 1900s.
when was the panama canal opened
1914
who was jose de san martin
worked with simon bolivar to gain independence of chile, argentina, and peru
is education valued in chile?
very much, their literacy rates are 96% and a school push is happening
brazil size and population?
largest country and most population in south america
what was the treaty of tordesillas
1494, giving portugal brazil and spain everything else
largest ____ popluation in brazil?
catholic in the world, and japanese besides japan
what is carnival?
a festive holiday right before lent
how many acres of forest are destroyed in south america
50 million and rising every year
what covers 6% of earth
rainforests 🌳
