GEOG 323 GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA
TEST
Tierra Caliente - ANSWER Tropical lowlands, Climate A
Climate A land uses High Intensity - ANSWER Sugarcane, bananas, oil palm,
forstry
Climate A land uses Low Intensity - ANSWER Swidden, agro forestry, coca
Cerrado - ANSWER Tropical savanna in Brazil
Atlantic Forrest - ANSWER Tropical deciduous forest in south eastern Brazil
Prinocco llanos - ANSWER Tropical grassland in Venezuela and Colombia
Types of A climates - ANSWER Tropical wet and Tropical wet and dry
Tropical Wet locations - ANSWER Eastern lowlands, Veracruz lowlands,
Caribbean isles, Andean foothills, Western Colombia, Coastal Brazil, Amazon
Basin
Tropical wet and dry locations - ANSWER Western lowlands, Yucatan
Penensula, lowland bolivia, coastal Ecuador, Central Brazil
B climate types - ANSWER Arid and Semi-arid
Arid locations - ANSWER N. Mexico, N & W Argentina, Pacific Coast of
Chile and Peru, N Venezuela, NE Brazil
Semi-arid locations - ANSWER N Mexico, S Argentina
Causes of Dry Climates - ANSWER Rainshadows, Cold Ocean currents, Stable
air mass (descending air)
