Why are mexico, central america, south america, and the caribbean called "latin america"?

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Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean are called "Latin America" because they share similar cultures.  Because the people in these places all speak Spanish, and the explorers that came into Latin America are from Europe, where Latin was the predominant language.

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temperatures get warmer — and heatwaves are more common. nothing says summer like warm weather. this rise in temperatures is caused by the tilt of the earth's axis. our planet doesn't sit perfectly straight as it spins — it has a slight lean of approximately 23.5 degrees with respect to the sun, called the axial tilt.

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