Chapter 9
Section 2
Page 207
1. What three factors determine the variety
of climate and vegetation in Latin America?
2. What are rain forests? What is the largest
rain forest and where is it mostly located?
What are three dangerous animals that live in
rain forests?
3. Where would semiarid climates be found
in Latin America?
4. Where are desert regions found in Latin
America?
5. What are the four mid-latitude climate
zones in Latin America?
6. Where would each of the four mid-latitude
climate zones in Latin America be found?
7. (Section 3, Page 210) How did the Incan
people farm in the Andes Mountains?
7. In what four ways did native Latin
American peoples change their environment
in order to grow food?
8. What is the slash-and-burn technique and
where was it most effective?
9. What is a major reason for the steady
shrinking of Latin American rain forests?
10. What is terraced farming? Besides the
Inca, what other native people practiced
terraced farming and where were they
located?
1. What three factors determine the variety
of climate and vegetation in Latin America?
Latin America covers a large distance on both
sides of the equator.
The mountains cause big changes in
elevation.
Warm Atlantic currents and cold Pacific
currents affect the climate.
2. What are rain forests? What is the largest rain
forest and where is it mostly located? What are
two dangerous animals that live in rain forests?
Rain forests are thick forests with many different
species of trees. The climate is hot and rainy year
round. Most of the Amazon rain forest is in Brazil.
The three dangerous Amazon animals are the
anaconda, jaguar, and piranha.
3. Where would semiarid climates be found
in Latin America?
Semiarid regions are found in Mexico, Brazil,
Uruguay, and Argentina.
4. Where are desert regions found in Latin
America?
Desert regions are found in northern Mexico,
the coast of Peru, northern Chile, and
Argentina’s southern zone.
5. What are the four mid-latitude climate
zones in Latin America?
These climate zones are Humid Subtropical,
Mediterranean, Marine West Coast, and
Highlands.
6. Where would each of the four mid-latitude climate zones in
Latin America be found?
The Humid Subtropical areas are in parts of Paraguay, Uruguay,
southern Brazil, southern Bolivia, and Northern Argentina.
Mediterranean climate zones are in part of Chile along the
west coast.
The Marine West Coast climate zones are found in parts of
southern Chile and Argentina.
The Highlands are found in the mountains of Mexico and South
America.
7. (Section 3, Page 210) How did the Incan
people farm in the Andes Mountains?
The Incans cut terraces from the steep sides
of the mountains. They constructed irrigation
channels to carry water to the terraces. This is
known as terraced farming.
7. In what four ways did native Latin
American peoples change their environment
in order to grow food?
The early Latin American peoples burned
forest areas to clear land for framing, diverted
streams to water crops, built raised fields in
swampy areas, and carved terraces out of
hillsides.
8. What is the slash-and-burn technique and
where was it most effective?
The slash-and-burn technique involves cutting
trees, brush, and grasses and burning the
debris to clear the field. This technique is
most effective in humid and tropical areas.
9. What is a major reason for the steady
shrinking of Latin American rain forests?
Non-landowning poor use destructive farming
practices which drain all the nutrients from
the land. They move on and do the same
thing all over again.
10. What is terraced farming? Besides the
Inca, what other native people practiced
terraced farming and where were they
located?
Terraced farming is an old technique for
growing crops on steep slopes. It was also
used by the Aztecs of Mexico.