Latin American Geography

Question 1

Altiplano

Answer 1

Northern arid plateau of Mexico

Question 2

Pico e Orizaba

Answer 2

volcano, highest peak in mexico, just east of mexico city

Question 3

Yucatan Peninsula

Answer 3

made of Limestone, in Eastern Mexico, lots of underground rivers, make up sinkholes called Cenotes

Question 4

Andes Region

Answer 4

Mostly high mountainous terrain, Atacama desert, Northern wet regions

Question 5

Aconcagua

Answer 5

biggest mountain in the Andes and Americas, located in Argentina, volcanic

Question 6

Macroscopic geography of South America

Answer 6

Andes, Highlands, Plains

Question 7

Angel Falls

Answer 7

highest waterfall in the world in Venezuela

Question 8

Amazon Basin

Answer 8

Amazon rainforest cuts through the highlands, largest river volume in the world, Amazon river 2nd longest river,

Question 9

Lesser Highlands (Guyana and Brazilian)

Answer 9

older than the amazon basin, crystalline rock –> undulating terrain forms sandstone plateau from erosion

Question 10

Llanos

Answer 10

plains of the orinoco basin, another low land area

Question 11

Rio de la Plata

Answer 11

developed river basin of the Paraguay, Parana and Uruguay rivers.

Question 12

Pacific Ocean Currents

Answer 12

Humbolt current that cools the air and creates the atacama desert rains incredibly hard in certain places, and peru Oceanic current

Question 13

Guara

Answer 13

heavy fog around lima

Question 14

El Nino

Answer 14

incredibly heavy rains falling on an arid climate, causes serious floods

Question 15

Andes Mountains (specific)

Answer 15

Very narrow, rugged and steep, volcanic in origin, belong to the ring of fire mountain chain, highest peak in americas ACONCAGUA, longest continous mountain chain in the world,

Question 16

Guyana Highlands

Answer 16

Venezuela (angel falls) , Guyana, Suriname, French Guiname - British, Dutch and French had colonies here,

Question 17

Plains of Southamerica

Answer 17

Llanos, Amazon Basin, Rio de la plata, Gran Chaco, Pampas, Patagonia

Question 18

Gran Chaco

Answer 18

Semi arid plains of the Rio de la Plata. Cattle ranching, quebracho trees. Varies in aridity, deforestation for ranching.

Question 19

Brazilian Highlands

Answer 19

highly tilten towards the interior, contains the Serro do Mar steep drop into the ocean

Question 20

Macroscopic geography of central america

Answer 20

Altiplano, Sierra Madre Occidental (W), Sierra Madre Oriental (E), Sierra Madre del Sur, Old Antillia

Question 21

Old Antillia

Answer 21

Used to encompass all the caribbean islands, much under water, Yucatan peninsula

Question 22

Yucatan Peninsula

Answer 22

porous land (limestone), underground caves and caverns, cenotes

Question 23

Atacama Desert

Answer 23

driest desert in the world, mostly in chile, caused by the Humbolt current

Question 24

Roaring 40’s & Storms in Southern Chile

Answer 24

westward winds that encircle the globe at high speeds in southern hemisphere, arctic winds from south make huge storms

Question 25

Lake Titicaca

Answer 25

largest body of water at a high altitude, moderating effect on the climate making the area around less chilled from the great height benefitting agriculture, in Peru/Bolivia

Question 26

Peruvian Andes befitting use

Answer 26

Andes has huge variants of heights, terraced the mountains to grow different things at different altitudes

Question 27

Puna

Answer 27

shallow slopes and occasional plains between great heights,

Question 28

Tierra del Fuego

Answer 28

the southern most part of South America, Snow always stays on the mountains

Question 29

Patagonia

Answer 29

sparsely populated southern tip of south america, end of the Andes mountain chain, desert, steppes etc, cool and dry

Question 30

pampas

Answer 30

southern fertile plain of South america, connected with the Rio de la Plata, located on the eastern coast of SA