| A | B |
|---|
| navigable | a river on which boats can travel |
| tierra fria | elevation zone that means “cold land” |
| tierra caliente | lowland elevation zone is hot all year long |
| tierra templada | middle elevation zone called “temperate land” |
| tropical rain forest | warm area where plants and trees grow closely together because of the high annual rainfall |
| Rio Grande | forms much of the northern border of Latin America |
| Andes Mountains | the longest mountain range in the world |
| Amazon River | the second longest river in the world |
| Pampas | plains that have rich soil and are good for farming and raising cattle |
| Orinoco River | river which begins in Colombia and flows across Venezuela into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Amazon rain forest | “lungs” of the world; about 1/5 of the world’s oxygen comes from here |
| Cape Horn | southern most point of Latin America |
| Central America | land between Mexico and South America; has few minerals |
| Brazil | area rich in natural resources |
| Middle America | Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands |
| Latin America | cultural region influenced by Spain and Portugal |
| Pacific Ocean | ocean on the west coast |
| Atlantic Ocean | ocean on the east coast |
| southern hemisphere | half of the world where most of Latin America is located |
| western hemisphere | half of the world where all of Latin America is located |
