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| Holds the world’s largest rain forest |
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| One of the driest places on earth |
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| narrow piece of land that links two larger areas of land |
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| another name for the Caribbean |
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| group of islands; Lesser Antilles is one |
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| large plain that covers most of Argentina |
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| fuel for cars used by Brazil; created from sugarcane and gasoline |
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| Canal created in Panama that allows for large ships to go through the isthmus instead of around the bottom of South America |
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| Has lots of oil and natural gas |
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| largest exporter of copper |
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| Has trouble because of foreign control |
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| Tropical grasslands through Colombia and Venezuela |
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| Coldest zone; frozen land; highest elevation |
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| cold land; forested and grassy areas; farming in summer |
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| temperate land; mild temperatures; most populated; abundant rainfall |
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| hot land; near sea level; grow tropical crops |
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| Important river that flows through Venezuela |
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