1) WHICH REGIONS ARE COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS LATIN AMERICA?
WHY ARE THEY SO NAMED?
2) WHY IS THE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTH AMERICA UNEVEN?
3) HOW WERE THE ANDES MOUNTAINS FORMED?
4) STATE TWO NOTABLE FEATURES OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS.
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Answer:
2 number answer
Explanation:
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1)
Latin America consists of Mexico, the Caribbean and most of Central and South America. In these countries, residents speak mostly Spanish and Portuguese. These two languages are classified as Romance languages, which are derived from Latin. So hence the name Latin America.
2)
A lot of it is covered in rainforests. These have very dense vegetation, which makes it hard for people to establish lives there. The Amazon there fore the population is very sparsely distributed, with only a few towns near the river mouth.
3)
The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby earth is uplifted as one plate (oceanic crust) subducts under another plate (continental crust). To get such a high mountain chain in a subduction zone setting is unusual which adds to the importance of trying to figure out when and how it happened.
4)
The region defines itself with 2 main features: a mountain range of volcanoes on its south side and the tall mountain ranges that form the northern side. The greatest of these are the Cuchumatanes mountains where the Ixil Triangle is located.