Transcript Physical Geography of Latin America Jeopardy

Jeopardy
Physical Geography
of Latin America
Grid Sheet
Mexico and
Central
America
The
Caribbean
South
America
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Question 1
What landform lies between the
mountains in Mexico that makes
up more than half of the country’s
area?
Answer
Answer 1
Mexico’s Central Plateau
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Question 2
What are the small islands of the
Caribbean made of?
Answer
Answer 2
The skeletons of tiny sea animals
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Question 3
Because of its size,
geographers classify South
America as what type of
landform?
Answer
Answer 3
Continent
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Question 4
Isthmus
Answer
Answer 4
A narrow strip of land that has
water on both sides and
connects two larger bodies of
land
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Question 5
What is hydroelectricity?
Answer
Answer 5
Electricity made by the power
of water
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Question 6
What two large bodies of land
does Central America connect?
Answer
Answer 6
Mexico and South America
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Question 7
What are the larger islands of
the Caribbean made of?
Answer
Answer 7
The tops of huge underwater
mountains
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Question 8
What is the most impressive
landform of South America?
Answer
Answer 8
The Andes Mountains
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Question 9
What is coral?
Answer
Answer 9
Skeletons of tiny sea animals that
meld together over hundreds of
years forming this rocklike
substance
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Question 10
What word means to add variety?
Answer
Answer 10
Diversify
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Question 11
Why is Mexico said to be a
treasure chest of minerals?
Answer
Answer 11
It has silver, gold, copper, coal,
iron ore, and many other
minerals.
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Question 12
How do most people of the
Caribbean islands make a
living?
Answer
Answer 12
Fishing or farming
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Question 13
What river is known as The
Ocean River?
Answer
Answer 13
The Amazon
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Question 14
What are the Pampas?
Answer
Answer 14
A flat grassland region similar to the
Great Plains of the U.S.
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Question 15
What is a plateau?
Answer
Answer 15
A large area of mostly level land
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Question 16
The climate and rich soil of Central
America is good for what industry?
Answer
Answer 16
Farming
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Question 17
What type of weather is a huge
part of life for people who live in
The Caribbean?
Answer
Answer 17
Hurricanes
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Question 18
What large area is located in the
Amazon Basin?
Answer
Answer 18
The Amazonian Rain Forest
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Question 19
What are tributaries?
Answer
Answer 19
Rivers and streams that flow
into a larger river
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Question 20
What is elevation?
Answer
Answer 20
Height of land above sea level
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Question 21
What are some of the products
grown by Central American
farmers?
Answer
Answer 21
Coffee, cotton, sugar cane, and
bananas
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Question 22
Why are Caribbean countries
good for farming?
Answer
Answer 22
These countries have rich soil and
a good climate for farming.
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Question 23
What are the range of climates in
South America?
Answer
Answer 23
From below zero temperatures to a
warm humid 80 degrees or higher
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Question 24
What is El Nino?
Answer
Answer 24
A warm ocean current that
brings heavy rains
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Question 25
What is the location of Latin
America?
Answer
Answer 25
The Western Hemisphere south of the
United States
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