Ch 6, Latin America study guide, 6th Grade World Geography

World
Geography, Chapter 6 Study Guide, Latin America

1. The Inca were
   experts at building in stone. A good example of this is the city of
   ___________ ________




2. The Aztecs created
   their own land for farming, these were called _____________.

3. In 1521 Hernan
   Cortes conquered the _____________ nation.




4. The __________
   developed a _______________________ writing system.

5. The Amazon Rain
   forest which is located in ____________ America has been impacted by
   _______________.

6. The warm current
   that effects the winds in Latin America is called ____________.

7. The Amazon river
   is so big because it has many _________________________.




8. The Inca ruler who
   was defeated by Pizarro ________________________




9. Most of Latin
   America lies within the ____________________ climate zone.

10. The Columbian
    Exchange refers to
    ___________________________________________________________________between
    ______________________and ___________________.

    
    

11. The land area that
    lies between 23.7 degrees North and 23.7 degrees South is called
    _________________________.

12. Two types of
    natural disasters that occur frequently in Latin America are
    _______________________ and _________________________.

13. The first
    Europeans to come in contact with the people of Latin America came
    from ____________________ and _______________________________.

    
    

14. The country with
    the larges land area in Central American and the Caribbean is
    _________________________________.

Challenge:

15. Find out how many
    volcanoes there are in Central and South America.