The Yucatan Peninsula

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1. What Mexican states comprise the majority of the Yucatan peninsula? Campeche, Yucatan, Chiapas Yucatan, Tabasco, Chiapas Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Yucatan

2. What is the topography of the Yucatan Peninsula? Grassland Mountainous and rugged Mostly flat, with some hills in the south. Desert

3. What is geographically unusual about the Yucatan Peninsula? It is very volcanically active It is primarily composed of limestone It is famous for fossils of herbivorous dinosaurs It contains many deposits of fine gemstones

4. Fresh water in the Yucatan is often found in large sinkholes where the substrate has collapsed over an underground river. What are these sinkholes called? Aguiferas Laquitos Maritas Cenotes

5. Who were the primary native people of the region? Inca Digueno Aztec Maya

6. What is the name of the most famous ruin in the region? Palenque Bonampak Great Pyramid Chichen Itza

7. The Yucatan has several Biosphere Reserves, areas designated by the United Nations as places of special ecological significance. For what is the Rio Celestun Biosphere Reserve most famous? Flamingos Poison arrow frogs Spider monkeys Toucans

8. What is the primary vegetation community of the Yucatan? Tropical dry forest Mangrove swamp Tropical rainforest Pampas grassland

9. The Yucatan is home to many spectacular birds. Which one would not be found there? Keel-billed toucan Scarlet macaw Ocellated turkey King vulture

10. For what habitat is Cozumel Island most known? Tropical rainforest Desert Mangrove swamp Coral reefs

11. Which monkey would be found in the Yucatan? Mantled howler monkey Black howler monkey White-fronted capuchin Titi monkey

12. A common poisonous snake of the area is also known as the 'terciopelo'- literally the 'three-step snake' due to the strength of its venom. By what name is this snake more commonly known? Yucatan rattlesnake Boa constrictor Coral snake Fer-de-lance

13. This large, herbivorous sea mammal is found in sheltered bays on the Yucatan coastline. Sea lion Manatee Bottlenose dolphin Sea otter

14. Several hatcheries in the Yucatan are devoted to raising and releasing these animals. Amazon parrots Boa constrictors Queen angelfish Sea turtles

15. Development in the Yucatan is a fairly recent phenomenon. Which city is not in the Yucatan? Villahermosa Cancun Merida Playa del Carmen