Chapter 8 Latin America (Unit 3)

1. Chapter 8Latin America (Unit 3) Name _____________________ Period _____ Date _________ Page 1

2. 3. What types of landforms can be found in Mexico? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • 1. What countries make up the Middle America? • 1._______________ • 2._______________ • 3._______________ • 4. Describe what a plateau is: • _________________________________________________________ • 2. Why is this region known as Latin America? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2

3. 7.Why is Mexico and Central America prone to earthquakes? • _______________________________________________________________ 5. What two major mountains are located in Mexico? • 1.__________________ • 2. __________________ • 8. Where is the Mexican Plateau located? • ____________________________________________________________________________________________ • 6. What is a tectonic plate? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3

4. 11. What is an isthmus: • ____________________________________________________________________________ • 9. Where is most of Mexico’s population located? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • 12. Where are the Caribbean Islands located?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 10. What two continents does Central America connect? • _____________________________________________________________________ Page 4

5. 15. What is the climate like in Mexico? • _________________________________________________________ • 13. What are the three parts that make up the Caribbean Islands? • 1.___________________2.___________________3.___________________ • 16. What area in Central America receives the greatest amount of precipitation? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • 14. Where is Central America located? • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5

6. 19. Why did the British decide to march on Concord on April 18, 1775? • 1. • 2. • 17. What role does the wind play in the climate of the Caribbean Islands? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • 20. What mountains are located in South America? • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 18. Describe what a highland is: • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 8

7. 23. Where is the Central plains located?__________________________________________________ • 21. How far do the Andes Mountains stretch along South America? • _____________________________________________________________________ • 24. Define llanos: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ • 22. The Andes is the world’s second highest range Which one is the first?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9

8. 27. South America has five major river systems which is the lartgest? • __________________ • 25. What covers approximately 40% of Brazil? • _______________________________________________________________ • 28. Where does the Amazon River flow from? • ___________________________________________________ • 26. How did Angel Falls get its name? • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 10

9. 31. What are the main geographical features of South America? • 1.___________________ • 2.___________________ • 3.___________________ • 4.___________________ • 5._____________________ 29. If the Amazon River is the second largest river in the world what is the 1st? _______________________________________________________________ • 32. Where are most of the grasslands in South America located? • 1.___________________ • 2.___________________ • 3.___________________ • 4.___________________ • 30. How did the Amazon gets its name? • _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 11

10. 35. How many miles does the Amazon river cover? • _________________________________________________________ 33. What type of climate does South America offer? _______________________________________________________________ • 36. Describe desert climates: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 34. Why does the climate change with elevation in the Andes mountains? • ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12

11. Preserving the Rain ForestPrimary and Secondary Sources • The Cofan Nation is one of the oldest intact cultures in America, with over 500 years of reordered history. Our mission is to preserve our culture by protecting our environment, the rainforest that is our home. • Our nation is one of the world’s smallest, with only 1,000 people. We speak our own language, A ‘ingae that is like no other presently spoken. Most of us live in Ecuador, where we have managed to regain control of approximately 1,000,000 acres of ancestral territories. Traditionally, we are hunters, fishers, and subsistence agricultures. Today, we include conservation and protection of our lands as our primary activity. • The lands we guard include vast and largely unexplored forests, wild and pristine rivers, tall mountains, and forbidding swamplands. With over 800 species of birds, 150 species of mammals, and several thousand species of plants, these lands are some of the most biodiverse in the world. • 1. How do the Cofan obtain food? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 2. What is the primary mission of the Cofan? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Why is important not only to the Cofan, but to the world, that these lands be preserved? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 4. Why might it have been in the interest of the Ecuadorian or Columbian government to hold on to the land? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ p. 15