Individual Questions 1

Why is Latin America referred to as Latin? by Aidan T

Latin America is referred to as "Latin" for one reason. The main languages spoken there, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, are originated
from Latin. When Europeans came to what is now Latin America, they brought languages that came from the Latin language. For example, Spanish is a "Romance" language. A romance language is a language that is directly related to the Roman Language, Latin.



What types of animals live in which regions of Latin America? by Melissa M


South America Rain Forest:

Some insects that live in South American rain forests are: the Morphy butterfly, the Julia butterfly, the Monarch butterfly, and millions of other insects.

Some mammals include: jaguars, ocelots, didelphid opossums, sloths, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, cascaras, many bats, marmosets, Procyon, and peccaries.

Some birds include: quetzals, macaws, tinamous, curassows, hoatzins, hummingbirds, eagles, ovenbirds, ant birds, flycatchers, puff birds, toucans, jacamars, tanagers, tapirs, troupials, honeycreepers, cardinal grosbeaks, and xenops.

Some reptiles include: the anaconda, the caiman, iguanas, lizards, microteiid lizards, boas, and coral snakes.

One amphibian is: the poison arrow frog.

Some fish include: electric eels, piranhas, and millions of other fish.

Mexico:

Mammals: Collared Anteater
Jamaican Fruit Bat
Cottontail Rabbits
Spider monkey
Pocket Gopher
Spotted Skunk

Birds: Great Horned Owl
Aztec Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Snowy Plover
Yucatan Quail
Lesser Roadrunner
Clay-colored Robin

Amphibians: Leopard Frog
Giant Toad
Gulf Coast Toad
Milky Treefrog

Reptiles: Common House Gecko
Black Iguana
Mountain Spiny Lizard
Spiny Lizard
Four-lined Skinks
Red-eared Turtle
Black Coffee Snake
Indigo Snake
Green Vine Snake
Scorpion-eating Snake

Insects: Army Ant
Leafcutter Ant
Maya Bees
Straight-snouted Weevil