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The Land of Latin America

The Land of Latin America. Latin America is called Latin America because it was settled by the ___ and ___ European groups from which it gets their languages and the languages are ___ based. There are four parts of Latin America according to cscope ( only 3 in your book) : ________________.

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The Land of Latin America

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  1. The Land of Latin America

  2. Latin America is called Latin America because it was settled by the ___ and ___ European groups from which it gets their languages and the languages are ___ based. • There are four parts of Latin America according tocscope( only 3 in your book): ________________. • Latin America also has towering ___. • The two main ones are the ___ in Mexico and the ___ that run the western ridge of South America. • Most of ___ is one large piece of raised flatter land called a ___. • This makes temperatures ___ year round. • Besides the mountains of Latin America there are some flat areas. • IN Columbia and Venezuela are the ___ and in Argentina and Uruguay are the ___. • The cowboys of each are called the ___ and the ____.

  3. In Latin America ___ serve as arteries for transportation. • Most of the major rivers of Latin America are in South America but the main one of Middle America is Mexico’s ___. • The main river of Latin America is the ___ River. • Hundreds of Rivers join it and it gets larger and larger. • ____ can travel up the river 2,300 miles it is so big. • It also serves as a source of power because it makes electricity or ____ power. • Most people in Latin America live along rivers because it is such a good source of ____ and ____. • Many people also live along the ocean like those that live in the ___ Islands. • During the summer and fall months they have to contend with ____ which are huge ocean born storms that are fueled by warm water and the ____ effect.

  4. Latin America also has the highest navigable lake called ___. • Latin America also has many natural resources. • In the Caribbean sea there is a great deal of ___. • Brazil mines lots of ___ while Peru and Mexico mine a great deal of ___. • Jamaica even does some mining and it is for bauxite which is turned into ___. • In Latin America there is also the area around the equator called the ____. • 5 Degrees to the north and south of the equator is this area and the winds are usually ____. • Sailors first noticed it because they did not ___. • The doldrums are also called the Intertropical ____ Zone.

  5. Another form of wind affects Latin America quite a bit and comes from Africa called the ____ winds. • It was called this because it brought ____ very easily along trade routes. • Sometimes the trade winds converge, or ____, on the Intertropical Convergence Zone and when they do they bring very heavy ____. • When the storms are blown into the Intertropical Convergence Zone they do not ____ which is the cause of the heavy rain.

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