Latin American Geography

Environmental concerns about the Amazon Rainforest

• Deforestation
• oil related pollution
• air pollution

I am a manmade waterway that allows boats to travel a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

• Amazon River
• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Lake Maracaibo
• Panama Canal

I am the longest mountain chain in the world extending from Venezuela to Argentina

• Sierra Madres
• Andes
• Pyrenees
• Urals

My mountain chain is divided along the western and eastern sides of Mexico

• Sierra Madres
• Andes
• Pyrenees
• Urals

I am the largest Caribbean island located 90 miles below Florida

• Haiti
• Barbados
• Cuba
• St. Thomas

My country includes most of the Amazon River and Rainforest

• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Mexico
• Brazil

I am a body of water that has warm beaches and many small islands for vacationers to enjoy.

• Gulf of Mexico
• Pacific Ocean
• Caribbean Sea
• Amazon River

The 3 regions that make up Latin America are

• North America, Mexico, and Europe
• Central America, South America, and Caribbean
• Europe, Australia, North America
• Europe, Asia, Africa

The biggest river in the world in terms of gallons of water that originates in the Andes Mountains.  

• Gulf or Mexico
• Caribbean Sea
• Amazon River
• Panama Canal

Very large rainforest in South America that a very large river runs through

• Indian Rainforest
• Amazon Rainforest
• Costa Rica Rainforest
• Brazil Rainforest