The Yucatan Peninsula

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

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

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

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? Laquitos Aguiferas Cenotes Maritas

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

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

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? Pampas grassland Tropical rainforest Tropical dry forest Mangrove swamp

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

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

11. Which monkey would be found in the Yucatan? Black howler monkey White-fronted capuchin Mantled howler monkey 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. Manatee Bottlenose dolphin Sea lion Sea otter

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

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