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World Geography: Latin America
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1. Capitol of Peru
Image: Lima

2. Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca
Image: Machu Picchu

3. raising a large amount of a 'cash crop' for local sale or export
Image: plantation agriculture

4. farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community and supported by the government
Image: Ejidos

5. a river mainly in Venezuela and part of South America's northernmost river system
Image: Orinoco River

6. A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay
Image: Pampas

7. A large estate or ranch; the main house of such a ranch
Image: Hacienda

8. What is the biggest Mayan city as of known today?
Image: Lost City of Tikal

9. Capitol of Argentina
Image: Buenos Aires

10. Capitol of Chile
Image: Santiago

11. Is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-four independent member states who were formerly part of the British Empire.
Image: Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth)

12. Spanish for 'high plain,' a region in Peru and Bolivia encircled by the Andes
Image: Altiplano

13. a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
Image: slash and burn agriculture

14. Agreement that created a free-trade area among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Image: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

15. fertile grasslands found in inland areas of Colombia and Venezuela
Image: The Llanos

16. The chief mountain range in Mexico
Image: Sierra Madre

17. the largest city in Brazil with a population of close to 18 million
Image: Sao Paulo

18. a narrow strip of land connecting North and South America and separating the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean
Image: Isthmus of Panama

19. countries in the world that share a common French heritage and use French as a major language
Image: Francophone World

20. The old capital of Brazil and the location of the statute Christ the Redeemer.
Image: Rio de Janeiro

21. Is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

22. flows south through Brazil (in the Pantanal swamps) and Paraguay, before merging with the Parana River
Image: Paraguay River

23. Since their revolution in 1959, this government has had a history of hostility against the US.
Image: Cuba

24. This island is a protectorate of the US (1898)
Image: Puerto Rico

25. The world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
Image: Andes Mountains